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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 Asks Why the Wicked Are Not Punished
“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?
Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?
Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
There are those who move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.
They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
They take the orphan’s donkey
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
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.
The poor are pushed off the path;
the needy must hide together for safety.
the needy must hide together for safety.
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.
Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.
They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
They harvest a field they do not own,
and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
and they glean in the vineyards 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.
All night they lie naked in the cold,
without clothing or covering.
without clothing or covering.
They are drenched by mountain rains
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
They are soaked by mountain showers,
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
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.
“The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast,
taking the baby as security for a loan.
taking the baby as security for a loan.
Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from 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.
The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
“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.
“Wicked people rebel against the light.
They refuse to acknowledge its ways
or stay in its paths.
They refuse to acknowledge its ways
or stay 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 rises in the early dawn
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is a thief.
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is 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 adulterer waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
He hides his face so no one will know him.
saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
He hides his face so no one will know him.
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.
Thieves break into houses at night
and sleep in the daytime.
They are not acquainted with the light.
and sleep in the daytime.
They are not acquainted with 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.
The black night is their morning.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the 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.
“But they disappear like foam down a river.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own 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.
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.
Their own mothers will forget them.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.
and to the widow they show no kindness.
They cheat the woman who has no son to help her.
They refuse to help the needy widow.
They refuse to help the needy 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.
“God, in his power, drags away the rich.
They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.
They may rise high, but they have no 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.
They may be allowed to live in security,
but God is always watching them.
but God is always watching them.
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.
And though they are great now,
in a moment they will be gone like all others,
cut off like heads of grain.
in a moment they will be gone like all others,
cut off like heads of grain.