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Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs

¹ "^(C1)Why are ^(F1)times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see ^(C2)His days?

² "^(F1)Some ^(C1)remove the landmarks;
They seize and ^(F2)devour flocks.

³ "They drive away the donkeys of the ^(C1)orphans;
They take the ^(C2)widow's ox for a pledge.

⁴ "They push ^(C1)the needy aside from the road;
The ^(C2)poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

⁵ "Behold, as ^(C1)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They ^(C2)go forth seeking food in their activity,
As ^(F1)bread for their children in the desert.

⁶ "They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

⁷ "^(C1)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.

⁸ "They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.

⁹ "^(F1)Others snatch the ^(C1)orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.

¹⁰ "They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

¹¹ "Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.

¹² "From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God ^(C1)does not pay attention to folly.

¹³ "^(F1)Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

¹⁴ "The murderer ^(C1)arises at dawn;
He ^(C2)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

¹⁵ "The eye of the ^(C1)adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, 'No eye will see me.'
And he ^(F1)disguises his face.

¹⁶ "In the dark they ^(C1)dig into houses,
They ^(C2)shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

¹⁷ "For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the ^(C1)terrors of thick darkness.

¹⁸ "They are ^(F1)(C1)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is ^(C2)cursed on the earth.
They do not turn ^(F2)toward the ^(C3)vineyards.

¹⁹ "Drought and heat ^(F1)(C1)consume the snow waters,
So does ^(F2)(C2)Sheol those who have sinned.

²⁰ "A ^(F1)(C1)mother will forget him;
The ^(C2)worm feeds sweetly till he is ^(C3)no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken ^(C4)like a tree.

²¹ "He wrongs the ^(F1)barren woman
And does no good for ^(C1)the widow.

²² "But He drags off the valiant by ^(C1)His power;
He rises, but ^(C2)no one has assurance of life.

²³ "He provides them ^(C1)with security, and they are supported;
And His ^(C2)eyes are on their ways.

²⁴ "They are exalted a ^(C1)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are ^(C2)brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

²⁵ "Now if it is not so, ^(C1)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?"