Job 24:1 - 24:12

“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,

And why do those who know Him not behold His days?

Some move the boundaries;

They seize and devour flocks.

They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

They push the needy aside from the road;

The afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness

They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,

The desert becomes for him a place of bread for his young ones.

They harvest their fodder in the field

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

They spend the night naked, without clothing,

And have no covering against the cold.

They are wet with the mountain rains

And hug the rock for want of a shelter.

Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

Those poor ones walk about naked without clothing,

And hungry ones carry the sheaves.

Within the walls they produce oil;

They tread wine presses but thirst.

From the city men groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry out;

Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.