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24“Why are times not kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days? ²The wicked remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. ³They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. ⁴They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. ⁵Like wild asses in the desert they go out to their toil, scavenging in the wasteland food for their young. ⁶They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked. ⁷They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. ⁸They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter. ⁹“There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast, and take as a pledge the infant of the poor. ¹⁰They go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves; ¹¹between their terraces they press out oil; they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst. ¹²From the city the dying groan, and the throat of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.