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Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?

Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;

The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;

They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.

Lo! as wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;

In the field - -a man's fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;

Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.

Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;

Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;

Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;

Out of the city - out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.