Job 24

1 why, seeing times are not hidden from the almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof 3 they drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge 4 they turn the needy out of the way the poor of the earth hide themselves together 5 behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children 6 they reap every one his corn in the field and they gather the vintage of the wicked 7 they cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold 8 they are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter 9 they pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor 10 they cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11 which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst 12 men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out yet god layeth not folly to them 13 they are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof 14 the murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief 15 the eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, no eye shall see me and disguiseth his face 16 in the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime they know not the light 17 for the morning is to them even as the shadow of death if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death 18 he is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards 19 drought and heat consume the snow waters so doth the grave those which have sinned 20 the womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree 21 he evil entreateth the barren that beareth not and doeth not good to the widow 22 he draweth also the mighty with his power he riseth up, and no man is sure of life 23 though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways 24 they are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other , and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn 25 and if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?