¹Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

¹Nahoana no tsy misy fotoan'andro voatendrin'ny Tsitoha, ary nahoana no tsy hitan'ny mahalala Azy izany androny Izany?

²Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

²Misy mamindra fari-tany sy mangalatra omby aman'ondry sady miandry azy.

³They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

³Mandroaka ny borikin'ny kamboty izy, ary maka ny ombin'ny mpitondratena ho tsatòka.

⁴They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

⁴Manosika ny mahantra hiala amin'ny lalana izy, ka dia miery azy avokoa ny malahelo amin'ny tany.

⁵Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

⁵Indro, tahaka ny fivoaky ny boriki-dia any an-efitra no fivoak'ireny ho amin'ny asany hiremby; Ny tani-hay no ahazoany hanina ho an'ny zanany.

⁶They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

⁶Any an-tsaha izy maka vilona sy mitsimpontsimpona ny voaloboky ny ratsy fanahy.

⁷They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

⁷Mandry mitanjaka amin'ny alina izy, satria tsy manan-damba, ka dia tsy manana firakotra amin'ny hatsiaka;

⁸They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

⁸Kotsan'ny ranonoram-baratra any an-tendrombohitra izy, ka mitampisaka amin'ny vatolampy, fa tsy manam-pialofana.

⁹They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

⁹Misarika ny kamboty eo am-pinonoana izy ary maka tsatòka amin'ny ory.

¹⁰They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

¹⁰Mandeha mitsaitsaika ireo, fa mitanjaka tsy manan-kitafy, ary noana eo am-pitondrana ny amboaram-bary.

¹¹Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

¹¹Manao diloilo eo anatin'ny tambohon'ny mpampahory azy izy; Ary manosihosy ny famiazam-boaloboka izy, nefa mangetaheta ihany.[Heb. tambohon'ireny]

¹²Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

¹²Mitrona ny lehilahy ao an-tanana, ary mitaraina ny fanahin'ny voalefona; Nefa tsy ahoan'Andriamanitra akory ny ratsy atao.

¹³They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¹³Ireny no mpikomy amin'ny mazava; Tsy mba mihevitra ny lalany izy, na mitoetra eo amin'ny alehany.

¹⁴The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

¹⁴Raha vao mangiran-dratsy, dia mifoha ny mpamono olona; Mamono ny ory sy ny malahelo izy, ary nony alina, dia tahaka ny mpangalatra.

¹⁵The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

¹⁵Ny mason'ny mpijangajanga miandry ny maizimaizina, ka hoy izy: Tsy misy hahalala ahy ka dia manao very maso izy.

¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

¹⁶Misy manamy trano nony maizina; Nefa nony antoandro dia miery izy; Tsy mahalala ny mazava izy;

¹⁷For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁷Fa ny aizim-pito no marainan'ireo rehetra ireo; Satria efa mahazatra azy ny fampahatahoran'ny aizim-pito izy.[Heb. aloky ny fahafatesana]

¹⁸He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

¹⁸Mitsinkafona paohin'ny rano izy; Voaozona ny anjarany eo amin'ny tany; Tsy mivily ho amin'ny lalana mankeny amin'ny tanim-boaloboka izy.

¹⁹Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

¹⁹Toy ny andevonan'ny maina sy ny mafana ny ranom-panala no andevonan'ny fiainan-tsi-hita ny mpanota.[Heb. Sheola]

²⁰The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

²⁰Manadino azy ny vohoka; manjary hanim-py ho an'ny olitra izy ka tsy tsarovana intsony; Ary tapaka tahaka ny hazo ny ratsy fanahy,[Heb. faharatsiana]

²¹He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

²¹Dia ilay nandroba ny momba izay tsy niteraka ary tsy nanisy soa ny mpitondratena.

²²He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

²²Kanefa halavain'Andriamanitra amin'ny heriny ny andron'ny olo-mahery; Mitsangana indray ireo, na dia tsy nanampo izay ho velona intsony aza.

²³Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

²³Ataony mandry fahizay sy tsara tohana izy, sady tsinjoviny mandrakariva ny lalany.

²⁴They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

²⁴Nasandratra izy, kanjo vetivety dia tsy ao intsony, dia mihalevona izy ka otazana tahaka ny olona rehetra, ary tangosana tahaka ny salohim-bary.Raha tsy izany, dia aoka hisy hamaky lainga ahy ka hampiseho ny teniko ho tsinontsinona.

²⁵And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

²⁵Raha tsy izany, dia aoka hisy hamaky lainga ahy ka hampiseho ny teniko ho tsinontsinona.