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Job Asks Why the Wicked Are Not Punished
“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?
Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?
Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
Job Complains of Violence on the Earth
“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?
“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?
Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.
They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
“Some remove landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
They take the orphan’s donkey
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
The poor are pushed off the path;
the needy must hide together for safety.
the needy must hide together for safety.
They push the needy off the road;
All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
They harvest a field they do not own,
and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
All night they lie naked in the cold,
without clothing or covering.
without clothing or covering.
They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
And have no covering in the cold.
They are soaked by mountain showers,
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
“The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast,
taking the baby as security for a loan.
taking the baby as security for a loan.
“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
And take a pledge from the poor.
The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
“Wicked people rebel against the light.
They refuse to acknowledge its ways
or stay in its paths.
They refuse to acknowledge its ways
or stay in its paths.
“There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
The murderer rises in the early dawn
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is a thief.
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is a thief.
The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
The adulterer waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
He hides his face so no one will know him.
saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
He hides his face so no one will know him.
Thieves break into houses at night
and sleep in the daytime.
They are not acquainted with the light.
and sleep in the daytime.
They are not acquainted with the light.
In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
They do not know the light.
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
They do not know the light.
The black night is their morning.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
“But they disappear like foam down a river.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.
“They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
Their own mothers will forget them.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
They cheat the woman who has no son to help her.
They refuse to help the needy widow.
They refuse to help the needy widow.
“God, in his power, drags away the rich.
They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.
They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.
“But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
They may be allowed to live in security,
but God is always watching them.
but God is always watching them.
He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet His eyes are on their ways.
Yet His eyes are on their ways.
And though they are great now,
in a moment they will be gone like all others,
cut off like heads of grain.
in a moment they will be gone like all others,
cut off like heads of grain.