Study Desk

Why since times are not hidden from the Almighty, do even those knowing Him not see His days?

They move the landmarks; they seize and pasture flocks;

they drive away the ass of orphans; they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

they turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth have hidden together.

Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go out in their work, seeking early for prey; the desert yields food for him for their young.

They reap his fodder in the field, and they glean the wicked's vineyard.

They lodge naked ones without clothing, and they give no cover against the cold.

They are wet with the showers of hills, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter.

They seize the orphan from the breast, and lay a pledge on the poor.

They make them go without clothing, and are hungry; they lift up the sheaves.

They press out oil between their walls; they tread winepresses, but are thirsty.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge unseemliness.