¹⁵ If I am guilty^(A)—woe to me!^(B)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,^(C)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in^[a] my affliction.^(D)

⁶ The tents of marauders are undisturbed,^(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure^(B)—
    those God has in his hand.^[a]

⁷ Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?^(A)

24 “Why does the Almighty not set times^(A) for judgment?^(B)
    Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?^(C)
2 There are those who move boundary stones;^(D)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.^(E)
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.^(F)
4 They thrust the needy^(G) from the path
    and force all the poor^(H) of the land into hiding.^(I)
5 Like wild donkeys^(J) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor^(K) of foraging food;
    the wasteland^(L) provides food for their children.
⁶ They gather fodder^(M) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards^(N) of the wicked.^(O)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.^(P)
8 They are drenched^(Q) by mountain rains
    and hug^(R) the rocks for lack of shelter.^(S)
9 The fatherless^(T) child is snatched^(U) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized^(V) for a debt.^(W)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;^(X)
    they carry the sheaves,^(Y) but still go hungry.
¹¹ They crush olives among the terraces^[a];
    they tread the winepresses,^(Z) yet suffer thirst.^(AA)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.^(AB)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.^(AC)

¹³ Why do you complain to him^(A)
    that he responds to no one’s words^[a]?^(B)

⁵ His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by^[a] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.