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Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
And why do those who know Him not see BIs 2:12; Jer 46:10; Obad 15; Zeph 1:7His days?
They seize and 2Or pasturedevour flocks.
3 “They drive away the donkeys of the AJob 6:27orphans;
They take the BDeut 24:17; Job 22:9widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 “They push AJob 24:14; 29:16; 30:25; 31:19the needy aside from the road;
The BJob 29:12; Ps 41:1; Prov 14:31; 28:28; Amos 8:4poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
5 “Behold, as AJob 39:5-8wild donkeys in the wilderness
They BPs 104:23go forth seeking food in their activity,
As 1Lit his breadbread for their children in the desert.
6 “They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 “AEx 22:26; Job 22:6They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
8 “They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
And against the poor they take a pledge.
10 “They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11 “Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
12 “From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God AJob 9:23, 24does not pay attention to folly.
13 “1Lit TheyOthers have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14 “The murderer AMic 2:1arises at dawn;
He BPs 10:8kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
15 “The eye of the AProv 7:9adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he 1Or puts a covering on his facedisguises his face.
16 “In the dark they AEx 22:2; Matt 6:19dig into houses,
They BJohn 3:20shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
17 “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the AJob 15:21terrors of thick darkness.
Their portion is BJob 5:3cursed on the earth.
They do not turn 2Lit to the path oftoward the CJob 24:6, 11vineyards.
The BJob 21:26worm feeds sweetly till he is CJob 18:17; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken DJob 19:10; Dan 4:14like a tree.
21 “He wrongs the 1Lit barren who does not bearbarren woman
And does no good for AJob 22:9the widow.
22 “But He drags off the valiant by AJob 9:4His power;
He rises, but BJob 18:20no one has assurance of life.
23 “He provides them AJob 12:6with security, and they are supported;
And His BJob 10:4; 11:11eyes are on their ways.
24 “They are exalted a APs 37:10little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are BJob 14:21brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
25 “Now if it is not so, AJob 6:28; 27:4who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”
124:1 I.e. times of judgment
B24:1 Is 2:12; Jer 46:10; Obad 15; Zeph 1:7
124:2 Lit They
A24:2 Deut 19:14; 27:17; Prov 23:10
224:2 Or pasture
A24:4 Job 24:14; 29:16; 30:25; 31:19
B24:4 Job 29:12; Ps 41:1; Prov 14:31; 28:28; Amos 8:4
124:5 Lit his bread
124:9 Lit They
124:13 Lit They
124:15 Or puts a covering on his face
124:18 Or light or swift
A24:18 Job 22:11, 16; 27:20
224:18 Lit to the path of
124:19 Lit seize
224:19 I.e. nether world
124:20 Lit womb
C24:20 Job 18:17; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7
124:21 Lit barren who does not bear