4. They push needy people off the path.So all the poor people of the land hide from them.
5. The poor become like wild donkeys in the desert.They go about their job of finding food.The desert gives them food for their children.
6. They gather hay and straw in the fields.And they pick up leftover grapes from the evil man’s vineyard.
7. They spend the night naked, because they have no clothes.They have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8. They are soaked from mountain rains.They stay near the large rocks because they have no shelter.
9. The child who has no father is grabbed from its mother’s breast.They take a poor mother’s baby to pay for what she owes.
10. So the poor go around naked because they have no clothes.They carry bundles of grain for evil people, but they still go hungry.
11. They crush olives to get oil.And they crush grapes in the winepresses, but they still are thirsty.
12. Dying people groan in the city.People who are injured cry out for help.But God accuses no one of doing wrong.
13. “There are people who fight against the light.God’s ways are strange to them.And they do not stay in the lighted path.
14. When the light of day is gone, the murderer gets up.He kills poor and needy people.At night he goes about like a thief.
15. The person who is guilty of adultery watches for the night.He thinks, ‘No one will see me.’And he keeps his face covered.