Job 24:1-11

1 "Why doesn't the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people? Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?
2 People move their neighbor's boundary stones. They steal their neighbor's flocks.
3 They take away the donkeys that belong to children whose fathers have died. They take a widow's ox until she has paid what she owes.
4 They push those who are needy out of their way. They force all of the poor people in the land to go into hiding.
5 The poor are like wild donkeys in the desert. They have to go around looking for food. The dry and empty land provides the only food for their children.
6 The poor go to the fields and get a little grain. They gather up what is left in the vineyards of sinners.
7 The poor don't have any clothes. So they spend the night naked. They don't have anything to cover themselves in the cold.
8 They are soaked by mountain rains. They hug the rocks because they don't have anything to keep them warm.
9 Children whose fathers have died are torn away from their mothers. A poor person's baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.
10 The poor don't have any clothes. They go around naked. They carry bundles of grain, but they still go hungry.
11 They work very hard as they crush olives. They stomp on grapes in winepresses, but they are still thirsty.
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