Job 24

¹Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

²The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

³The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

⁴They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

⁵Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.

⁶In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

⁷The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

⁸From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.

⁹They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

¹⁰Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf.

¹¹Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

¹²Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

¹³They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

¹⁴At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.