Why are times{H6256} not laid up{H6845} by the Almighty?{H7706} And why do not they that know{H3045} him see{H2372} his days?{H3117}

There are that remove{H5381} the landmarks;{H1367} They violently take away{H1497} flocks,{H5739} and feed{H7462} them.

They drive away{H5090} the ass{H2543} of the fatherless;{H3490} They take{H2254} the widow's{H490} ox{H7794} for a pledge.{H2254}

They turn{H5186} the needy{H34} out of the way:{H1870} The poor{H6041} of the earth{H776} all{H3162} hide{H2244} themselves.

Behold, as wild asses{H6501} in the desert{H4057} They go forth{H3318} to their work,{H6467} seeking diligently{H7836} for food;{H2964} The wilderness{H6160} [yieldeth] them bread{H3899} for their children.{H5288}

They cut{H7114} their provender{H1098} in the field;{H7704} And they glean{H3953} the vintage{H3754} of the wicked.{H7563}

They lie all night{H3885} naked{H6174} without clothing,{H3830} And have no covering{H3682} in the cold.{H7135}

They are wet{H7372} with the showers{H2230} of the mountains,{H2022} And embrace{H2263} the rock{H6697} for want of a shelter.{H4268}

There are that pluck{H1497} the fatherless{H3490} from the breast,{H7699} And take a pledge{H2254} of the poor;{H6041}

[ So that] they go{H1980} about naked{H6174} without clothing,{H3830} And being hungry{H7457} they carry{H5375} the sheaves.{H6016}

They make oil{H6671} within{H996} the walls{H7791} of these men; They tread{H1869} [their] winepresses,{H3342} and suffer thirst.{H6770}

From out of the populous city{H5892} men{H4962} groan,{H5008} And the soul{H5315} of the wounded{H2491} crieth out:{H7768} Yet God{H433} regardeth{H7760} not the folly.{H8604}

These are of them that rebel{H4775} against the light;{H216} They know{H5234} not the ways{H1870} thereof, Nor abide{H3427} in the paths{H5410} thereof.

The murderer{H7523} riseth{H6965} with the light;{H216} He killeth{H6991} the poor{H6041} and needy;{H6041} And in the night{H3915} he is as a thief.{H1590}

The eye{H5869} also of the adulterer{H5003} waiteth{H8104} for the twilight,{H5399} Saying,{H559} No eye{H5869} shall see{H7789} me: And he disguiseth{H5643} his face.{H6440}

In the dark{H2822} they dig through{H2864} houses:{H1004} They shut{H2856} themselves up in the day-time;{H3119} They know{H3045} not the light.{H216}

For the morning{H1242} is to all of them as{H3162} thick darkness;{H6757} For they know{H5234} the terrors{H1091} of the thick darkness.{H6757}

Swiftly they [pass away]{H7031} upon the face of the waters;{H6440} Their portion{H2513} is cursed{H7043} in the earth:{H776} They turn{H6437} not into the way{H1870} of the vineyards.{H3754}

Drought{H6723} and heat{H2527} consume{H1497} the snow{H7950} waters:{H4325} [So doth] Sheol{H7585} [those that] have sinned.{H2398}

The womb{H7358} shall forget{H7911} him; The worm{H7415} shall feed sweetly{H4988} on him; He shall be no more remembered;{H2142} And unrighteousness{H5766} shall be broken{H7665} as a tree.{H6086}

He devoureth{H7462} the barren{H6135} that beareth{H3205} not, And doeth not good{H3190} to the widow.{H490}

Yet [God] preserveth{H4900} the mighty{H47} by his power:{H3581} He riseth up{H6965} that hath no assurance{H539} of life.{H2416}

[ God] giveth{H5414} them to be in security,{H983} and they rest{H8172} thereon; And his eyes{H5869} are upon their ways.{H1870}

They are exalted;{H7426} yet a little while,{H4592} and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low,{H4355} they are taken out{H7092} of the way{H1870} as all others, And are cut off{H5243} as the tops{H7218} of the ears of grain.{H7641}

And if it be not so now,{H645} who will prove{H7760} me a liar,{H3576} And make{H7760} my speech{H4405} nothing worth?{H408}