When God Seems to Look Away.

מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים ׳וְיֹדְעוֹ׳ ״וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו״ לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃

“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?

גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

[2] Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃

[3] They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

[4] They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃

[5] Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.