^{1 Ref} Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

^{2 Ref} There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

^{3 Ref} They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

^{4 Ref} They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

^{5 Ref} Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness `yieldeth' them bread for their children.

^{6 Ref} They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

^{7 Ref} They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

^{8 Ref} They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

^{9 Ref} There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

^{10 Ref} `So that' they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

^{11 Ref} They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread `their' winepresses, and suffer thirst.

^{12 Ref} From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

^{13 Ref} These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

^{14 Ref} The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

^{15 Ref} The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

^{16 Ref} In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

^{17 Ref} For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

^{18 Ref} Swiftly they `pass away' upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

^{19 Ref} Drought and heat consume the snow waters: `So doth' Sheol `those that' have sinned.

^{20 Ref} The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

^{21 Ref} He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

^{22 Ref} Yet `God' preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

^{23 Ref} `God' giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

^{24 Ref} They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

^{25 Ref} And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

^{1 Ref} Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

^{2 Ref} The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

^{3 Ref} The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

^{4 Ref} They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

^{5 Ref} Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

^{6 Ref} In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

^{7 Ref} The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

^{8 Ref} From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.

^{9 Ref} They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

^{10 Ref} Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

^{11 Ref} Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

^{12 Ref} Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

^{13 Ref} They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

^{14 Ref} At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

^{15 Ref} And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

^{16 Ref} He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

^{17 Ref} When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

^{18 Ref} Light he `is' on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

^{19 Ref} Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol `those who' have sinned.

^{20 Ref} Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten `on' him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

^{21 Ref} Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,

^{22 Ref} And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

^{23 Ref} He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes `are' on their ways.

^{24 Ref} High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

^{25 Ref} And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?