Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
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Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know Him never see His days?
2 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
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The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for [it].
3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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They drive away the donkeys [owned] by the fatherless and take the widow's ox as collateral.
4 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
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They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.
5 Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.
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Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
6 In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
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They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
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Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.
8 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
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Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.
9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
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The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
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Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.
11 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
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They crush olives in their presses; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
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From the city, men groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.
13 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
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The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
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The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
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The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me, he covers [his] face.
16 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
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In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.
17 When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
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For the morning is like death's shadow to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of death's shadow!
18 Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
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They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to [their] vineyards.
19 Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.
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As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol [steals] those who have sinned.
20 Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
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The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
21 Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,
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They prey on the barren, childless woman and do not deal kindly with the widow.
22 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
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Yet God drags away the mighty by His power; when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.
23 He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.
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He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely [on it], but His eyes [watch] over their ways.
24 High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
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They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.
25 And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
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If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?
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