1“Why are times not laid up by Shadai? And why do they that know Him not see His days?
2There are those that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the desert yields them bread for their children.
6They cut his provision in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.
7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9There are those that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
10So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;
11They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out; yet Elohim imputes it not for unseemliness.
13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rises with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye shall see me’; and he puts a covering on his face.
16In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.
17For Tzal-Mavet is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of Tzal-Mavet.
18He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turns not by the way of the vineyards.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does She’ol those that have sinned.
20The womb forgets him; the worm feeds sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
21He devours the barren that bears not; and does not do good to the widow.
22He draws away the mighty also by his power; he rises up, and he trusts not his own life.
23Though it is given him to be in safety, whereon he rests, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
24They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; yes, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of grain.
25And if it is not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
אמַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים; וְיֹדְעָו לֹא חָזוּ יָמָיו.
בגְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ; עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעוּ.
גחֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ; יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָה.
דיַטּוּ אֶבְיֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ; יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי אָרֶץ.
ההֵן פְּרָאִים בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף; עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִים.
ובַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ יקצירו (יִקְצוֹרוּ); וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּשׁוּ.
זעָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ; וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָה.
חמִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ; וּמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ צוּר.
טיִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם; וְעַל עָנִי יַחְבֹּלוּ.
יעָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ; וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹמֶר.
יאבֵּין שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ; יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָאוּ.
יבמֵעִיר מְתִים יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶפֶשׁ חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ: וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא יָשִׂים תִּפְלָה.
יגהֵמָּה הָיוּ בְּמֹרְדֵי אוֹר: לֹא הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו; וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָיו.
ידלָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִקְטָל עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן; וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּב.
טווְעֵין נֹאֵף שָׁמְרָה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן; וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִׂים.
טזחָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים: יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ לָמוֹ; לֹא יָדְעוּ אוֹר.
יזכִּי יַחְדָּו בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת; כִּי יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָוֶת.
יחקַל הוּא עַל פְּנֵי מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ; לֹא יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים.
יטצִיָּה גַם חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג; שְׁאוֹל חָטָאוּ.
כיִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹא יִזָּכֵר; וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָה.
כארֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד; וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִיב.
כבוּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ; יָקוּם וְלֹא יַאֲמִין בַּחַיִּין.
כגיִתֶּן לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן; וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל דַּרְכֵיהֶם.
כדרוֹמּוּ מְּעַט וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן; וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּלוּ.
כהוְאִם לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי; וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִי.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 