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Job.24 Verses 1 to 12
[1] "Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?
[2] Men remove landmarks;
they seize flocks and pasture them.
[3] They drive away the ass of the fatherless;
they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
[4] They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
[5] Behold, like wild asses in the desert
they go forth to their toil,
seeking prey in the wilderness
as food for their children.
[6] They gather their fodder in the field
and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
[7] They lie all night naked, without clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.
[8] They are wet with the rain of the mountains,
and cling to the rock for want of shelter.
[9] (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)
[10] They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
[11] among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil;
they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.
[12] From out of the city the dying groan,
and the soul of the wounded cries for help;
yet God pays no attention to their prayer.