ASV - Job - 24

24:1  Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

24:2  There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

24:3  They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

24:4  They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

24:5  Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.

24:6  They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

24:7  They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

24:8  They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

24:9  There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

24:10  So thatthey go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

24:11  They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.

24:12  From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

24:13  These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

24:14  The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

24:15  The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

24:16  In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

24:17  For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

24:18  Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

24:19  Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.

24:20  The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

24:21  He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

24:22  YetGod preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

24:23  God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

24:24  They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

24:25  And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?