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“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
There are those who move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
“Some remove the landmarks;
They seize and devour flocks.
They seize and devour flocks.
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
“They push the needy aside from the road;
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the wasteland provides food for their children.
the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the wasteland provides food for their children.
“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.
They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
“They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
And have no covering against the cold.
They are drenched by mountain rains
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
“They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.
And against the poor they take a pledge.
Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
“Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
They tread wine presses but thirst.
The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
“From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
“There are those who rebel against the light,
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills the poor and needy,
and in the night steals forth like a thief.
kills the poor and needy,
and in the night steals forth like a thief.
“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk;
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he keeps his face concealed.
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he keeps his face concealed.
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
In the dark, thieves break into houses,
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.
“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
“For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;
their portion of the land is cursed,
so that no one goes to the vineyards.
their portion of the land is cursed,
so that no one goes to the vineyards.
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,
so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So does Sheol those who have sinned.
So does Sheol those who have sinned.
The womb forgets them,
the worm feasts on them;
the wicked are no longer remembered
but are broken like a tree.
the worm feasts on them;
the wicked are no longer remembered
but are broken like a tree.
“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.
and to the widow they show no kindness.
“He wrongs the barren woman
And does no good for the widow.
And does no good for the widow.
But God drags away the mighty by his power;
though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
“But He drags off the valiant by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
He may let them rest in a feeling of security,
but his eyes are on their ways.
but his eyes are on their ways.
“He provides them with security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.
And His eyes are on their ways.
For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like heads of grain.
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like heads of grain.
“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.