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Why, seeing times are not hidden# from the Almighty, do they that know# him not see# his days?
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2
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Some remove# the landmarks; they violently take away# flocks, and feed#
thereof .
[feed...: or, feed them]
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3
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They drive away# the ass of the fatherless, they take# the widow's ox for a pledge# .
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4
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They turn# the needy out of the way: the poor# # of the earth hide# themselves together.
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5
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Behold,
as wild asses in the desert, go they forth# to their work; rising betimes# for a prey: the wilderness
yieldeth food for them
and for
their children.
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They reap# # # #
every one his corn in the field: and they gather# the vintage of the wicked.
[corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge]
[they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage]
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7
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They cause the naked to lodge# without clothing, that
they have no covering in the cold.
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8
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They are wet# with the showers of the mountains, and embrace# the rock for want of a shelter.
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9
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They pluck# the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge# of the poor.
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10
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They cause
him to go# naked without clothing, and they take away# the sheaf
from the hungry;
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11
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Which make oil# within their walls,
and tread#
their winepresses, and suffer thirst# .
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12
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Men groan# from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out# : yet God layeth# not folly
to them .
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13
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They are of those that rebel# against the light; they know# not the ways thereof, nor abide# in the paths thereof.
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14
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The murderer# rising# with the light killeth# the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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15
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The eye also of the adulterer# waiteth# for the twilight, saying# , No eye shall see# me: and disguiseth# #
his face.
[disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret]
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16
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In the dark they dig through# houses,
which they had marked# for themselves in the daytime: they know# not the light.
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17
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For the morning
is to them even as the shadow of death: if
one know#
them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
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18
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He
is swift as the waters# ; their portion is cursed# in the earth: he beholdeth# not the way of the vineyards.
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19
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Drought and heat consume# the snow waters:
so doth the grave
those which have sinned# .
[consume: Heb. violently take]
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20
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The womb shall forget# him; the worm shall feed sweetly# on him; he shall be no more remembered# ; and wickedness shall be broken# as a tree.
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21
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He evil entreateth# the barren
that beareth# not: and doeth not good# to the widow.
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22
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He draweth# also the mighty with his power: he riseth up# , and no
man is sure# of life.
[no...: or, he trusteth not his own life]
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23
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Though it be given# him
to be in safety, whereon he resteth# ; yet his eyes
are upon their ways.
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24
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They are exalted# for a little while, but are gone and brought low# ; they are taken out# of the way as all
other , and cut off# as the tops of the ears of corn.
[are gone: Heb. are not]
[taken...: Heb. closed up]
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25
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And if
it be not
so now, who will make# me a liar# , and make# my speech nothing worth?
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