| 1. | Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days. |
| 2. | The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil. |
| 3. | The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, |
| 4. | They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth. |
| 5. | Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones. |
| 6. | In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. |
| 7. | The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold. |
| 8. | From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. |
| 9. | They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge. |
| 10. | Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf. |
| 11. | Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst. |
| 12. | Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise. |
| 13. | They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths. |
| 14. | At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. |
| 15. | And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret. |
| 16. | He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light. |
| 17. | When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade. |
| 18. | Light he `is' on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards. |
| 19. | Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol `those who' have sinned. |
| 20. | Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten `on' him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. |
| 21. | Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good, |
| 22. | And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life. |
| 23. | He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes `are' on their ways. |
| 24. | High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off. |
| 25. | And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word? |