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24:1 'Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days? 24:2 Men remove landmarks;they seize flocks and pasture them. 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless;they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 24:4 They thrust the poor off the road;the poor of the earth all hide themselves. 24:5 Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children. 24:6 They gather their fodder in the field and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man. 24:7 They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. 24:8 They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter. 24:9 (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and take in pledge the infant of the poor.) 24:10 They go about naked, without clothing;hungry, they carry the sheaves; 24:11 among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil;they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst. 24:12 From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help;yet God pays no attention to their prayer. 24:13 'There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. 24:14 The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy;and in the night he is as a thief. 24:15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me';and he disguises his face. 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses;by day they shut themselves up;they do not know the light. 24:17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness. 24:18 'You say, 'They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters;their portion is cursed in the land;no treader turns toward their vineyards. 24:19 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;so does Sheol those who have sinned. 24:20 The squares of the town forget them;their name is no longer remembered;so wickedness is broken like a tree.' 24:21 'They feed on the barren childless woman, and do no good to the widow. 24:22 Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;they rise up when they despair of life. 24:23 He gives them security, and they are supported;and his eyes are upon their ways. 24:24 They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;they wither and fade like the mallow;they are cut off like the heads of grain. 24:25 If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?'