Job 24:1-8 ▼

1 Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see his days?

2 The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

3 They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.

4 They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the desert provides nourishment for their children.

6 They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.

8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.