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24:1  “Why are times not stored up by Shaddai? And why do those who know Him not see His days?
24:2  Some remove the boundary-stones; they steal flocks and pasture them.
24:3  They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
24:4  They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding.
24:5  Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food for their children.
24:6  They reap their fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
24:7  Without clothing they spend the night naked, without covering against the cold.
24:8  They are drenched by mountain rains, and hug the rock for lack of shelter.
24:9  The orphan is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
24:10  They wander about naked, without clothing and go hungry while they carry sheaves.
24:11  They press oil between the terraces; they tread winepresses, but are thirsty.
24:12  From the city men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out; yet God charges no one with folly.
24:13  These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
24:14  The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
24:15  The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face.
24:16  When it is dark, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
24:17  For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
24:18  “He is foam on the surface of water; their portion of the land is cursed; no one turns toward their vineyards.
24:19  As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol, takes away those who have sinned.
24:20  The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. But like a tree, wickedness is broken.
24:21  He feeds on the barren and childless woman, and shows no kindness to the widow.
24:22  But He drags off the mighty by His power; He raises up, yet no one has assurance of life.
24:23  He allows him to rest in a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24:24  They are exalted for a little while and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, they are like heads of grain they wither.
24:25  Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, and reduce my speech to nothing?”