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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

He will deliver `even' him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not `there'; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

But he is in one `mind', and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness `yieldeth' them bread for their children.

Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Job 24

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

`Saying', Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.