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1. "Why doesn't God All-Powerful set times for judgment? And why can't his followers know when those times will be?
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1. Why H4069 , seeing times H6256 are not H3808 hidden H6845 from the Almighty H4480 H7706 , do they that know H3045 him not H3808 see H2372 his days H3117 ?
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2. "People move property markers to get more of their neighbor's land. People steal flocks and lead them to other grasslands.
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2. Some remove H5381 the landmarks H1367 ; they violently take away H1497 flocks H5739 , and feed H7462 thereof .
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3. They steal a donkey that belongs to an orphan. They take a widow's cow until she pays what she owes them.
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3. They drive away H5090 the ass H2543 of the fatherless H3490 , they take the widow's ox for a pledge H2254 H7794 H490 .
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4. They force the poor to move out of their way and get off the road.
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4. They turn H5186 the needy H34 out of the way H4480 H1870 : the poor H6041 of the earth H776 hide H2244 themselves together H3162 .
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5. "The poor are like wild donkeys that go out to the desert to find food. From morning to night they work to gather food for their children.
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5. Behold H2005 , as wild asses H6501 in the desert H4057 , go they forth H3318 to their work H6467 ; rising quickly H7836 for a prey H2964 : the wilderness H6160 yieldeth food H3899 for them and for their children H5288 .
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6. They have to work in the fields, harvesting grain. They work for the rich, gathering grapes in their vineyards.
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6. They reap H7114 every one his corn H1098 in the field H7704 : and they gather H3953 the vintage H3754 of the wicked H7563 .
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7. They must sleep all night without clothes. They have no covers to protect them from the cold.
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7. They cause the naked H6174 to lodge H3885 without H4480 H1097 clothing H3830 , that they have no H369 covering H3682 in the cold H7135 .
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8. They are soaked with rain in the mountains. They stay close to the large rocks for shelter.
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8. They are wet H7372 with the showers H4480 H2230 of the mountains H2022 , and embrace H2263 the rock H6697 for want H4480 H1097 of a shelter H4268 .
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9. They take a nursing baby from its mother. They take a poor person's child to guarantee a loan.
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9. They pluck H1497 the fatherless H3490 from the breast H4480 H7699 , and take a pledge H2254 of H5921 the poor H6041 .
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10. They have no clothes, so they work naked. They carry piles of grain for others, but they go hungry.
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10. They cause him to go H1980 naked H6174 without H1097 clothing H3830 , and they take away H5375 the sheaf H6016 from the hungry H7457 ;
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11. They press out olive oil and walk on grapes in the winepress, but they have nothing to drink.
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11. Which make oil H6671 within H996 their walls H7791 , and tread H1869 their winepresses H3342 , and suffer thirst H6770 .
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12. In the city you can hear the sad sounds of dying people. Those who are hurt cry out for help, but God does not listen.
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12. Men H4962 groan H5008 from out of the city H4480 H5892 , and the soul H5315 of the wounded H2491 crieth out H7768 : yet God H433 layeth H7760 not H3808 folly H8604 to them .
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13. "Some people rebel against the light. They don't know what God wants. They don't live the way he wants.
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13. They H1992 are H1961 of those that rebel H4775 against the light H216 ; they know H5234 not H3808 the ways H1870 thereof, nor H3808 abide H3427 in the paths H5410 thereof.
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14. A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief.
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14. The murderer H7523 rising H6965 with the light H216 killeth H6991 the poor H6041 and needy H34 , and in the night H3915 is H1961 as a thief H1590 .
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15. A man who commits adultery waits for the night to come. He thinks, 'No one will see me,' but still, he covers his face.
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15. The eye H5869 also of the adulterer H5003 waiteth H8104 for the twilight H5399 , saying H559 , No H3808 eye H5869 shall see H7789 me : and disguiseth H5643 H7760 his face H6440 .
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16. When it is dark, evil people go out and break into houses. But during the day they lock themselves in their homes to avoid the light.
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16. In the dark H2822 they dig through H2864 houses H1004 , which they had marked H2856 for themselves in the daytime H3119 : they know H3045 not H3808 the light H216 .
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17. The darkest night is their morning. They are friends with the terrors of darkness.
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17. For H3588 the morning H1242 is to them even as H3162 the shadow of death H6757 : if H3588 one know H5234 them, they are in the terrors H1091 of the shadow of death H6757 .
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18. "{You say,} 'Evil people are taken away like things carried away in a flood. The land they own is cursed, so no one goes to work in their vineyards.
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18. He H1931 is swift H7031 as H5921 H6440 the waters H4325 ; their portion H2513 is cursed H7043 in the earth H776 : he beholdeth H6437 not H3808 the way H1870 of the vineyards H3754 .
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19. As hot, dry weather melts away the winter snows, so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
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19. Drought H6723 and H1571 heat H2527 consume H1497 the snow H7950 waters H4325 : so doth the grave H7585 those which have sinned H2398 .
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20. Their own mothers will forget them. Only the worms will want them. No one will remember them. They will be broken like a rotten stick!
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20. The womb H7358 shall forget H7911 him ; the worm H7415 shall feed sweetly H4988 on him ; he shall be no H3808 more H5750 remembered H2142 ; and wickedness H5766 shall be broken H7665 as a tree H6086 .
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21. These evil people hurt women who have no children to protect them, and they refuse to help widows.
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21. He evil entreateth H7462 the barren H6135 that beareth H3205 not H3808 : and doeth not H3808 good H3190 to the widow H490 .
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22. By his power God removes the powerful. Even if they have a high position, they cannot be sure of their lives.
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22. He draweth H4900 also the mighty H47 with his power H3581 : he riseth up H6965 , and no H3808 man is sure H539 of life H2416 .
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23. They might feel safe and secure, but God is watching how they live.
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23. Though it be given H5414 him to be in safety H983 , whereon he resteth H8172 ; yet his eyes H5869 are upon H5921 their ways H1870 .
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24. They might be successful for a while, but then they will be gone. Like everyone else, they will be cut down like grain.'
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24. They are exalted H7426 for a little while H4592 , but are gone H369 and brought low H4355 ; they are taken out of the way H7092 as all H3605 other , and cut off H5243 as the tops H7218 of the ears of corn H7641 .
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25. "I swear these things are true! Who can prove that I lied? Who can show that I am wrong?"
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25. And if H518 it be not H3808 so now H645 , who H4310 will make me a liar H3576 , and make H7760 my speech H4405 nothing H408 worth?
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