1 Why is what happens hidden from God? Why do his faithful never see his justice?
2 The wicked remove landmarks and steal both flocks and shepherds.
3 They seize the orphan's ass and for a pledge take the widow's ox.
4 The needy stay far from the road, the poor go into hiding.
5 Like wild asses in the wasteland, they look for food; the poor toil in the night, there is no food for their children!
6 They gather fodder in the fields, work in the vineyards of the wicked.
7 Destitute, they lie down naked, shivering in the freezing cold.
8 Drenched with mountain rains, they hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor seized for a debt.
10 Without clothes, they go naked, starving as they carry the sheaves.
11 Between the millstones they crush olives; they tread the winepress but suffer thirst.
12 In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help but God pays no attention.
13 Many rebel against the light, they do not know its way or stay in its path.
14 When dawn breaks, the murderer rises to kill the poor and the helpless.
15 The adulterer waits for dusk, thinking that no eye watches him. At night the thief walks about and puts a mask over his face,
16 ready to break into the houses that he chose during the day.
17 Morning is their darkest hour the time for them to fear.
18 The wicked are foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed, and no one goes to their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat snap up the thawed snow, so Sheol swallows up the sinner,
20 and the womb which formed him, forgets him. Evil men are no longer remembered, like a fallen tree they are broken.
21 They preyed on the barren, childless woman, and showed no kindness to the widow.
22 But the Powerful stands against them and drags away the mighty.
23 He may let them feel secure, but his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are momentarily exalted, and then gone; they wither and fade like a weed. They are cut off like heads of grain.
25 If this is not so, who can prove me wrong and reduce my words to nothing?
Versículos relacionados com Job, 24:
Job chapter 24 addresses the apparent impunity of the wicked and the suffering of the righteous in the face of this situation. Job wonders why God seems to allow the wicked to prosper and be successful, while the righteous suffer and are oppressed. It describes various forms of oppression and violence that are committed by the wicked against the poor and needy. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Psalm 37:7 - "Rest in the Lord, and wait for him; do not indignant to him because of the one who thrives in his way, because of the man who performs atatutes attives." This verse talks about waiting in God and not worrying about the wicked who thrive in their malicious practices. This can help bring peace to those who are suffering, like Job.
Psalm 73:3-5 - "For I was jealous of the superb, when he saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no squeezes in his death, but firm is his strength. They are not in work like other men, nor are they afflicted as other men. " The psalmist also questions the apparent prosperity of the wicked, observing how they seem to avoid the pain and suffering that others experience.
Isaiah 10:1-2 - "Woe to those who decree unjust laws, and the clerks who prescribe oppression. To divert the poor from judgment, and to snatch the right of the afflicted of my people; to strip their widows and steal the orphans!" This verse denounces the wicked oppression against the needy and vulnerable, which is one of Job's main concerns in chapter 24.
Jeremiah 12:1 - "You are righteous, O Lord, when I plead with you, yet I will speak to you about your judgments. Why do the way of the wicked, and live in peace all who proceed warmly?" This verse presents a situation similar to that of Job, with the prophet Jeremiah questioning God's righteousness before the apparent success of the wicked.
Habakkuk 1:2-3-"How long, Lord, I will cry out, and you will not hear me? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and the dispute arises. " Habakkuk also questions why God seems to allow violence and oppression, especially in relation to God's people.
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