1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? |
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. |
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. |
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. |
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. |
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. |
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. |
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; |
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. |
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. |
