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Job Complains of Violence on the Earth
“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?
“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?
“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?
and why do those who know him never see his days?
“Some remove landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
Some move landmarks;
they seize flocks and pasture them.
they seize flocks and pasture them.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They push the needy off the road;
All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
And have no covering in the cold.
They lie all night naked, without clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.
and have no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains
and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
And take a pledge from the poor.
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
“There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
“There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
and he veils his face.
saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
and he veils his face.
In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
They do not know the light.
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
They do not know the light.
In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
“They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
The womb forgets them;
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
“They wrong the barren, childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
and do no good to the widow.
“But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet His eyes are on their ways.
Yet His eyes are on their ways.
He gives them security, and they are supported,
and his eyes are upon their ways.
and his eyes are upon their ways.
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.