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24:1  Why are times not set by the Almighty, and why do his friends not see his days?
24:2  People remove landmarks; they steal herds and pasture them.
24:3  The donkeys of orphans they drive away; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
24:4  They force the needy off the road; all the poor of the land are driven into hiding.
24:5  Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go forth to their task of seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their young;
24:6  They harvest fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
24:7  They pass the night naked, without clothing; they have no covering against the cold;
24:8  They are drenched with rain from the mountains, and for want of shelter they cling to the rock.
24:9  Orphans are snatched from the breast, infants of the needy are taken in pledge.
24:10  They go about naked, without clothing, and famished, they carry the sheaves.
24:11  Between the rows they press out the oil; they tread the wine presses, yet are thirsty.
24:12  In the city the dying groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out. Yet God does not treat it as a disgrace!
24:13  They are rebels against the light: they do not recognize its ways; they do not stay in its paths.
24:14  When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and needy; in the night he acts like a thief.
24:15  The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says, “No eye will see me.” He puts a mask over his face;
24:16  in the dark he breaks into houses; By day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
24:17  Indeed, for all of them morning is deep darkness; then they recognize the terrors of deep darkness.
24:18  He is swift on the surface of the water: their portion in the land is accursed, they do not turn aside by way of the vineyards.
24:19  Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters, Sheol, those who have sinned.
24:20  May the womb forget him, may the worm find him sweet, may he no longer be remembered; And may wickedness be broken like a tree.
24:21  May his companion be barren, unable to give birth, may his widow not prosper!
24:22  He sustains the mighty by his strength, to him who rises without assurance of his life
24:23  he gives safety and support, and his eyes are on their ways.
24:24  They are exalted for a while, and then are no more; laid low, like everyone else they are gathered up; like ears of grain they shrivel.
24:25  If this be not so, who can make me a liar, and reduce my words to nothing?