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1"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?

1Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? and why don't those who know him perceive his days?

2There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.

2They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.

3They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge.

3They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;

4They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

4They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding.

5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

5"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.

6They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

6They reap fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

7Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

7They spend the night naked, without clothing, with no covering against the cold.

8They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.

8They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.

9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

9"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

10Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

10They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.

11They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

11They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

12The 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.

12From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong.

13"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

13"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.

14The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

15The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.

15The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

16In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

16They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

17For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

17As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend."

18"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.

18"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

19As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

20The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

20The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.

21They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.

21"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.

22But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

22God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life.

23He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.

23He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do.

24For 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.

24They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.

25"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"

25If this weren't so, who can prove that I'm a liar by showing that there's nothing to what I'm saying?"

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