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¹ Why do those who know Him see not His days? ² They seize flocks violently and feed on them; ³ They take the widow’s ox as a pledge. ⁴ All the poor of the land are forced to hide. ⁵ The wilderness yields food for them and for their children. ⁶ And glean in the vineyard of the wicked. ⁷ And have no covering in the cold. ⁸ And huddle around the rock for want of shelter. ⁹ And take a pledge from the poor. ¹⁰ And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. ¹¹ And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst. ¹² Yet God does not charge them with wrong. ¹³ Nor abide in its paths. ¹⁴ And in the night he is like a thief. ¹⁵ And he disguises his face. ¹⁶ They do not know the light. ¹⁷ They are in the terrors of the shadow of death. ¹⁸ So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards. ¹⁹ So the grave consumes those who have sinned. ²⁰ And wickedness should be broken like a tree. ²¹ And does no good for the widow. ²² He rises up, but no man is sure of life. ²³ Yet His eyes are on their ways. ²⁴ They dry out like the heads of grain. ²⁵ And make my speech worth nothing?”