Job 24:1-12

New American Standard Bible

24 “^(A)Why are ^[a]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see ^(B)His ^[b]days?
² People ^(C)remove landmarks;
They seize and ^[c]devour flocks.
³ They drive away the donkeys of ^(D)orphans;
They seize the ^(E)widow’s ox as a pledge.
⁴ They push ^(F)the needy aside from the road;
The ^(G)poor of the land have to hide themselves together.
⁵ Behold, like ^(H)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They ^(I)go out scavenging for food in their activity,
As ^[d]bread for their children in the desert.
⁶ They harvest their feed in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
^7 (J)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
⁸ They are wet from the mountain rains,
And they hug the rock for lack of a shelter.
⁹ Others snatch an ^(K)orphan from the breast,
And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.
¹⁰ The poor move about naked without clothing,
And they carry sheaves, while going hungry.
¹¹ Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but go thirsty.
¹² From the city people groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry for help;
Yet God ^(L)does not pay attention to the offensiveness.