Job 24

¹Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

²The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

³They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

⁴The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

⁵Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

⁶They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

⁷They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

⁸They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

⁹The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

¹⁰Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

¹¹Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

¹²From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

¹³Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.