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Job 24:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

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And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.




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