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1. "Why are times for judging not set up by the All-powerful? And why do those who know Him not see these days?
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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. Some take away the land-marks and take fields and animals.
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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 drive away the donkeys that belong to those who have no parents. They take the bull that belongs to a woman whose husband has died, as a promise that she will pay what she owes.
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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 push poor people off the road. All the poor of the land are made to hide themselves.
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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. See, they go out like wild donkeys in the desert to look for 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 gather food in the fields, and gather what they can that is left from the grape-fields owned by the sinful.
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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 lie all night without clothing, and have no covering in 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 wet with the mountain rains and stay close to the rocks for cover.
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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. Others take from the breast the child who has no father. They take the child from the poor as a promise that they will pay what they owe.
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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 make the poor go about without clothing, making them carry loads of cut grain while they are 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. Among the olive trees they make oil. They crush grapes but they are thirsty.
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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. Men from the city cry inside themselves. The souls of those who are hurt cry out. Yet God does not listen to their prayer.
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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. "Then there are those who turn against the light. They do not want to know its ways or stay in its paths.
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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. The one who kills people gets up early in the morning. He kills the poor and those in need. And during the night he is like a robber.
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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. The eye of the one who is not faithful in marriage waits for the evening, saying, 'No one will see me.' And 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. In the dark they dig into houses. They shut themselves up during the day and do not know 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. For midnight is morning to them. They are not afraid of the fears 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. "They are taken away on the top of the waters. Their part of the earth is cursed. They do not go to their grape-fields.
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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. Dry weather and heat take away the water from the snow, just as the place of the dead 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. A mother will forget him. The worm is pleased to eat him until he is remembered no more. Sin will be broken like a tree.
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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. He does wrong to the woman who cannot give birth. And he does no good for the woman whose husband has died.
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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. But God by His power gives long life to the strong. They rise again, even when they had no hope of life.
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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. He makes them safe and gives them strength, and His eyes are on their ways.
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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 are given honor for a little while, and then they are gone. They are brought low and gathered up as all others are. They are cut off like the heads of 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. If it is not so, who can prove me a liar, and show that what I say means nothing?"
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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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