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Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days? Job 24:1
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They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them. Job 24:2
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Job 24:3
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They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Job 24:4
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Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children. Job 24:5
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They reap his fodder in the field; and they gather the grapes of the wicked. Job 24:6
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They lodge the naked without clothing, and give no covering in the cold. Job 24:7
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter. Job 24:8
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor. Job 24:9
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They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry. Job 24:10
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They press out oil between their walls; they tread their winepresses, and still suffer thirst. Job 24:11
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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness. Job 24:12
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They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths. Job 24:13
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The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief. Job 24:14
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And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face. Job 24:15
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In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. Job 24:16
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For the morning is to them like the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death. Job 24:17
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He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards. Job 24:18
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Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned. Job 24:19
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and injustice shall be broken like a tree. Job 24:20
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He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow. Job 24:21
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He also draws the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no one is sure of life. Job 24:22
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He gives safety to him, and he rests on it; yet His eyes are on their ways. Job 24:23
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They are lifted up for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are gathered in like all others, and are cut off like the heads of the ears of grain. Job 24:24
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And if it is not so, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing? Job 24:25