24“aWhy are 1times not stored up by the Almighty,And why do those who know Him not beholdbHis days?2“1Some amove the boundaries;They seize and 2devourflocks.3“They driveaway the donkeys of the aorphans;They take the bwidow’soxforapledge.4“They pushathe needyaside from the road;The bafflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.5“Behold, as awilddonkeys in the wildernessThey bgoforthseekingfoodearnestly in their work,The desert becomes 1for him a place ofbread for hisyoungones.6“They harvest their fodder in the fieldAnd glean the vineyard of the wicked.7“aThey spendthenightnaked, withoutclothing,And havenocovering against the cold.8“They are wet with the mountainrainsAnd hug the rock for want of a shelter.9“1Others snatch the aorphan from the breast,And against the afflicted they takeapledge.10“Those poor ones walkaboutnakedwithoutclothing,And hungry ones carry the sheaves.11“Within the walls they produceoil;They treadwinepresses but thirst.12“From the citymengroan,And the souls of the woundedcryout;Yet Godadoes not payattention to suchoffense.
