Job 24:1-25 CSB

[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. [9] The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral. [10] Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry. [11] They crush olives in their presses; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty. [12] From the city, men groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime. [13] The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths. [14] The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief. [15] The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking, "No eye will see me," and he covers his face. [16] In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light. [17] For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness! [18] They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards. [19] As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. [20] The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree. [21] They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow. [22] Yet God drags away the mighty by his power; when he rises up, they have no assurance of life. [23] He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways. [24] They are exalted for a moment, then gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain. [25] If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?