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1Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? 1מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־ נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים [וידעו] (וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו) לֹא־ חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃
2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. 2גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. 3חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃
4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. 4יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
5Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. 5הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים ׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃
6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked. 6בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ [יקצירו] (יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ) וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃
7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold. 7עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃
8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. 8מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־ צֽוּר׃
9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. 9יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־ עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. 10עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃
11They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty. 11בֵּין־ שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם יַצְהִ֑ירוּ יְקָבִ֥ים דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃
12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing. 12מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־ חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־ יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃
13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. 13הֵ֤מָּה ׀ הָיוּ֮ בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־ א֥וֹר לֹֽא־ הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃
14When daylight [is gone], the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. 14לָא֡וֹר יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י כַגַּנָּֽב׃
15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. 15וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־ תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים׃
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light. 16חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־ לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־ יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃
17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! 17כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־ יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one [would] turn into their vineyards. 18קַֽל־ ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־ פְּנֵי־ מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־ יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. 19צִיָּ֤ה גַם־ חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־ שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃
20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. 20יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא־ יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּעֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה׃
21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow. 21רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב׃
22Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty. though rising up, they have no assurance of life. 22וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ אַבִּירִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ יָ֝ק֗וּם וְֽלֹא־ יַאֲמִ֥ין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃
23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways. 23יִתֶּן־ ל֣וֹ לָ֭בֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ עַל־ דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃
24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain. 24ר֤וֹמּוּ מְּעַ֨ט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ כַּכֹּ֥ל יִקָּפְצ֑וּן וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃
25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?” 25וְאִם־ לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽי׃ ס
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