1
Why, seeing
times are not
hidden from the
Almighty, do they that
know him not
see his
days?
.W[.d'y.w ~yiTi[ .Wn.P.cin -a{l y;D;Vim ;[.WD;m ? wy'm'y .Wz'x -a{l
2
Some
remove the
landmarks; they violently take
away flocks, and
feed thereof.
.W[.riY;w .Wl.z'G r,de[ .WgyiF;y tw{lUb.G
3
They drive
away the
ass of the
fatherless, they
take the
widow's ox for a
pledge.
h'n'm.l;a rw{v .Wl.B.x;y .Wg'h.nIy ~yimw{t.y rw{m]x
4
They
turn the
needy out of the
way: the
poor* of the
earth hide themselves
together.
#,r'a -yeYin][ .Wa.BUx d;x;y .$,r'Dim ~yinw{y.b,a .WJ;y
5
Behold, as wild
asses in the
desert, go they
forth to their
work; rising
betimes for a
prey: the
wilderness yieldeth
food for them and for their
children.
yer]x;v.m ~'l\['p.B .Wa.c'y r'B.diM;B ~yia'r.P !eh ? ~yir'[.N;l ~,x,l w{l h'b'r][ @,r'J;l
6
They
reap every one his
corn in the
field: and they
gather the
vintage of the
wicked.
.WveQ;l.y ['v'r ~,r,k.w .Wryic.q;y w{lyil.B h,d'F;B
7
They cause the
naked to
lodge without
clothing, that they have no
covering in the
cold.
t.Ws.K !yea.w v.Wb.l yil.Bim .Wnyil'y ~w{r'[ ? h'r'Q;B
8
They are
wet with the
showers of the
mountains, and
embrace the
rock for want of a
shelter.
r.Wc -.Wq.Bix h,s.x;m yil.Bim.W .Wb'j.rIy ~yir'h ~,r,Zim
9
They
pluck the
fatherless from the
breast, and take a
pledge of the
poor.
.Wl{B.x;y yin'[ -l;[.w ~w{t'y d{Vim .Wl.z.gIy
10
They cause him to
go naked without
clothing, and they take
away the
sheaf from the
hungry;
.Wa.f'n ~yibe[.r.W v.Wb.l yil.B .Wk.Lih ~w{r'[ ? r,m{[
11
Which make
oil within their
walls, and
tread their
winepresses, and suffer
thirst.
.Wa'm.ciY;w .Wk.r'D ~yib'q.y .Wryih.c;y ~'t{r.Wv -nyeB
12
Men groan from out of the
city, and the
soul of the
wounded crieth
out: yet
God layeth not
folly to them.
;[e.W;v.T ~yil'l]x -v,p,n.w .Wq'a.nIy ~yit.m ryi[em ? h'l.piT ~yif'y -a{l ;Hw{l/a,w
13
They are of those that
rebel against the
light; they
know not the
ways thereof, nor
abide in the
paths thereof.
wy'k'r.d .WryiKih -a{l rw{a -yed.r{m.B .Wy'h h'Meh ? wy't{byit.niB .Wb.v'y a{l.w
14
The
murderer rising with the
light killeth the
poor and
needy, and in the
night is as a
thief.
!w{y.b,a.w yin'[ -l'j.qIy ;xecw{r ~.Wq'y rw{a'l ? b'N;G;k yih.y h'l.y;L;b.W
15
The
eye also of the
adulterer waiteth for the
twilight, saying, No
eye shall
see me: and
disguiseth* his
face.
yiner.Wv.t -a{l r{mael @,v,n h'r.m'v @ea{n !ye[.w ? ~yif'y ~yin'P r,tes.w !Iy'[
16
In the
dark they dig
through houses, which they had
marked for themselves in the
daytime: they
know not the
light.
.W[.d'y -a{l w{m'l -.Wm.Tix ~'mw{y ~yiT'B .$,v{x;B r;t'x ? rw{a
17
For the
morning is to them even
as the shadow of
death: if one
know them, they are in the
terrors of the shadow of
death.
ryiK;y -yiK t,w'm.l;c w{m'l r,q{B w'D.x;y yiK ? t,w'm.l;c tw{h.l;B
18
He is
swift as the
waters*; their
portion is
cursed in the
earth: he
beholdeth not the
way of the
vineyards.
~'t'q.l,x l;LUq.T ~Iy;m -yen.P -l;[ a.Wh -l;q ? ~yim'r.K .$,r,D h,n.pIy -a{l #,r'a'B
19
Drought and
heat consume the
snow waters: so doth the
grave those which have
sinned.
lw{a.v g,l,v -yemyem .Wl.z.gIy ~{x -m;g h'Yic ? .Wa'j'x
20
The
womb shall
forget him; the
worm shall feed
sweetly on him; he shall be no more
remembered; and
wickedness shall be
broken as a
tree.
rek'ZIy -a{l dw{[ h'Mir w{q't.m ~,x,r .Whex'K.vIy ? h'l.w;[ #e['K reb'ViT;w
21
He evil
entreateth the
barren that
beareth not: and doeth not
good to the
widow.
byijey.y a{l h'n'm.l;a.w delet a{l h'r'q][ h,[{r
22
He
draweth also the
mighty with his
power: he riseth
up, and no man is
sure of
life.
!yim]a;y -a{l.w ~.Wq'y w{x{k.B ~yiryiB;a .$;v'm.W ? !yiY;x;B
23
Though it be
given him to be in
safety, whereon he
resteth; yet his
eyes are upon their
ways.
~,hyek.r;D -l;[ .Whyenye[.w !e['VIy.w x;j,b'l w{l -n,TIy
24
They are
exalted for a little
while, but are gone and brought
low; they are taken
out of the
way as all other, and cut
off as the
tops of the ears of
corn.
!.Wc.p'QIy l{K;K .Wk.MUh.w .WN,nyea.w ]j;[.M .WMw{r ? .Wl'MIy t,l{Biv va{r.k.W
25
And if it be not so
now, who will
make me a
liar, and
make my
speech nothing
worth?
l;a.l ~ef'y.w yinebyiz.k;y yim w{pea a{l -mia.w ? yit'Lim