9. There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10. So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
11. They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12. From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
13. These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
14. The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
15. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
16. In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
17. For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18. Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
19. Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned.
20. The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21. He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
22. Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
23. God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
24. They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.