9. They snatch the fatherless from the breastand take a pledge from the poor.
10. They cause him to go naked without clothing,and they take away the sheaf from the hungry.
11. They press out oil within their wallsand tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12. Men groan from outside the city,and the soul of the wounded cries out;yet God does not charge them with wrong.
13. “They are those who rebel against the light;they do not know its waysnor abide in its paths.
14. The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy,and in the night he is like a thief.
15. Also the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,saying, ‘No eye will see me’;and he disguises his face.
16. In the dark they break into houses,which they had marked for themselves in the daytime;they do not know the light.
17. For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;if someone recognizes them,they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18. “He is swift as the waters.Their portion is cursed in the earth.They do not turn toward the way of the vineyards.
19. Drought and heat consume the snow waters;so the grave consumes those who have sinned.
20. The womb will forget him;the worm will feed sweetly on him;he will be remembered no more,and wickedness will be broken like a tree.
21. He preys on the barren who do not bear,and does no good for the widow.
22. But God draws the mighty away with His power;He rises up, and no man is sure of life.
23. He gives them security, and they rely onit;yet His eyes are on their ways.
24. They are exalted for a little while but are gone and brought low;they are taken out of the way like all othersand cut off as the tops of the grain.
25. “If it is not so, who will prove me a liarand make my speech worth nothing?”