1 Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
2 They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
5 Lo, {as} wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness {yieldeth} them food for {their} children.
6 They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
7 They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
10 These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
11 They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.
13 There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on {his} face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
17 For the morning is to them all {as} the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
20 The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, -
21 He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no {man} is sure of life.
23 {God} setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all {other} are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
1 "为什么全能者不保留赏善罚恶的时间？为什么认识他的人不能看见他的日子？
2 恶人挪移地界， 抢夺群畜去牧养。
3 他们赶走孤儿的驴， 强取寡妇的牛作抵押。
4 他们使穷人离开大道， 世上的贫民都一起躲藏起来。
5 这些贫穷人像旷野的野驴， 出外劳碌， 殷勤寻觅食物， 野地为他们和他们的孩子供应食物。
6 他们在田里收割草料， 在恶人的葡萄园中摘取剩余的葡萄。
7 他们赤身露体无衣过夜， 在寒冷中毫无遮盖。
8 他被山上的大雨淋湿， 因为没有躲避之处就紧抱磐石。
9 有人从母亲的怀中抢走孤儿， 又强取穷人的衣物作抵押，
10 因此穷人赤身露体流浪， 他们因饥饿就抬走禾捆；
11 他们在那些人的行列之内榨油， 又踹酒， 自己仍然口渴。
12 有人从城里唉哼， 受伤的人呼求， 神却不理会恶人的愚妄。
13 又有人与光为敌， 不认识光明的道， 不留在光明的路中。
14 杀人的黎明起来， 杀戮困苦人与穷人， 夜间又去作盗贼。
15 奸夫的眼睛等待黄昏， 说： ‘没有眼可以看见我’， 就把自己的脸蒙起来。
16 盗贼黑夜挖穿屋子， 白天却躲藏起来， 他们不想认识光明。
17 他们看晨光如死荫， 因为他们认识死荫的惊骇。
18 这些恶人如水面上飘浮的东西迅速流逝， 他们在世上所得的分被咒诅， 他们不能再走葡萄园的路。
19 干旱与炎热怎样消除雪水， 阴间也这样除去犯罪的人。
20 怀他的母胎忘记他， 虫子要以他为甘甜， 他不再被人记念， 不义的人必如树折断。
21 他恶待不能生育， 没有孩子的妇人， 也不善待寡妇。
22 神却用自己的能力延长强暴的人的性命， 生命难保的仍然兴起。
23 神使他们安稳， 他们就有所倚靠， 他的眼也看顾他们的道路。
24 他们被高举不过片时， 就没有了， 他们降为卑， 如众人一样被收拾起来， 他们又如谷穗枯干。
25 如果不是这样， 谁能证明我是撒谎的， 指出我的言语为空虚的呢？"