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 # Chapter 24
-1. "Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
+1 “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
     and why do those who know him never see his days?
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-2. Some move landmarks;
+2 Some move landmarks;
     they seize flocks and pasture them.
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-3. They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
+3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
     they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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-4. They thrust the poor off the road;
+4 They thrust the poor off the road;
     the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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-5. Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
+5 Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
     the poor go out to their toil, seeking game;
     the wasteland yields food for their children.
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-6. They gather their fodder in the field,
+6 They gather their fodder in the field,
     and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
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-7. They lie all night naked, without clothing,
+7 They lie all night naked, without clothing,
     and have no covering in the cold.
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-8. They are wet with the rain of the mountains
+8 They are wet with the rain of the mountains
     and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
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-9. (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
+9 (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
     and they take a pledge against the poor.)
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-10. They go about naked, without clothing;
+10 They go about naked, without clothing;
     hungry, they carry the sheaves;
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-11. among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil;
+11 among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil;
     they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
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-12. From out of the city the dying groan,
+12 From out of the city the dying groan,
     and the soul of the wounded cries for help;
     yet God charges no one with wrong.
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-13. "There are those who rebel against the light,
+13 “There are those who rebel against the light,
     who are not acquainted with its ways,
     and do not stay in its paths.
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-14. The murderer rises before it is light,
+14 The murderer rises before it is light,
     that he may kill the poor and needy,
     and in the night he is like a thief.
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-15. The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
-    saying, 'No eye will see me';
+15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
+    saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
     and he veils his face.
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-16. In the dark they dig through houses;
+16 In the dark they dig through houses;
     by day they shut themselves up;
     they do not know the light.
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-17. For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
+17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
     for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
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-18. "You say, 'Swift are they on the face of the waters;
+18 “You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;
     their portion is cursed in the land;
     no treader turns toward their vineyards.
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-19. Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
+19 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
     so does Sheol those who have sinned.
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-20. The womb forgets them;
+20 The womb forgets them;
     the worm finds them sweet;
 they are no longer remembered,
-    so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
-
-21. "They wrong the barren, childless woman,
+    so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
+21 “They wrong the barren, childless woman,
     and do no good to the widow.
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-22. Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
+22 Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
     they rise up when they despair of life.
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-23. He gives them security, and they are supported,
+23 He gives them security, and they are supported,
     and his eyes are upon their ways.
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-24. They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
+24 They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
     they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
     they are cut off like the heads of grain.
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-25. If it is not so, who will prove me a liar
-    and show that there is nothing in what I say?"
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+25 If it is not so, who will prove me a liar
+    and show that there is nothing in what I say?”