1  “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,

and why do those who know him never see his ^fdays?

2  Some ^gmove landmarks;

they seize flocks and pasture them.

3  They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;

they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

4  They ^hthrust the poor off the road;

the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

5  Behold, like ⁱwild donkeys in the desert

the poor¹ go out to their toil, seeking game;

the wasteland yields food for their children.

6  They gather their² fodder in the field,

and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.

7  ^jThey lie all night naked, without clothing,

and have no covering in the cold.

8  They are wet with the rain of the mountains

and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.

9  (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,

and they take a pledge against the poor.)

10  They go about naked, without clothing;

hungry, they carry the sheaves;

11  among the olive rows of the wicked³ they make oil;

^kthey tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.