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¹ Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?² Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.³ They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.⁴ They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.⁵ Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.⁶ They reape his prouision in the fielde, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.⁷ They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.⁸ They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.⁹ They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.¹⁰ They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.¹¹ They yt make oyle betweene their walles, and treade their wine presses, suffer thirst.¹² Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.

¹³ These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.¹⁴ The murtherer riseth earely & killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.¹⁵ The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and sayth, None eye shal see me, and disguiseth his face.¹⁶ They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.¹⁷ But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.

¹⁸ He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.¹⁹ As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners.²⁰ The pitifull man shall forget him: the worme shal feele his sweetenes: he shalbe no more remebred, & the wicked shalbe broke like a tree.²¹ He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.²² He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.²³ Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.²⁴ They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.²⁵ But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, & make my words of no value?