Job 24:1 says, Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?  Job now stops defending himself and starts to again dispute his friends claim that the wicked are always punished in this life.  Job said that nothing was hidden from God and those who knew Him should always acknowledge that God was at work in the world every day.  Verse two states, Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.  Job was speaking of the ways that the wicked prospered.  They changed the markers that defined property boundaries and stole the flocks of others through violent means.  We do not have to look far today to see the poor being oppressed by those in power.  They don't even have to use violence to do it, though often they may.  Verse three states, They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.  Job said that instead of protecting the orphans and widows that the wicked who were in power took away what little they had.  Since wicked people will never be concerned with the welfare of the less fortunate, it is up to God's followers to care for their wellbeing.  Still, even as the wicked took away from the poor, they were not struck down by God, as Job's friends had claimed would happen.  Verse four continues this thought stating, They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.  When those with the riches and power in the world act only in ways that enrich themselves, then the poor do end up huddled together.  Poor people do tend to hide away from the rich, especially if they feel that they are only going to be used for the benefit of the rich.  The concept that if we can only make the rich even richer that they will suddenly do what is best for the poor I believe is based on a lie.  If people have not used their vast riches to help those in need giving them more riches is not going to change their nature.  Verse five states, Behold, 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.  I believe that Job was saying that even when the poor were up early and working that they were still preyed upon by the wicked of the world, who were up even earlier planning how to take what was not theirs.  The wicked hid out from the righteous of God, like a scrounge in the desert.  We may hide the evil that we do from the world, but we can never hide it from God.  Verse twenty four says, They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.  Job said that even the wicked bravely stole the crops of the righteous.  We hear so many times today of people being robbed, yet God does not immediately strike down the robber, even if the one being robbed is one of God's followers.  We also hear of very rich people being caught cheating the poor through dishonest business practices, but again they are not immediately punished by God as Job's friends were claiming would happen.  Verse seven states, They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.  Job said the wicked would leave people naked and out in the cold.  Verse eight says, They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.  Job said often people were left to try and find shelter under the rocks to escape the rain, and that this was not a punishment from God.  God's people are called on to help those in need, but often we instead look down on them and are afraid that helping them will cost us too much.  If this is the attitude of God's people, imagine how the wicked view the poor.  Verse nine states, They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.  Then verse ten continues, They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;  I believe in these verses that Job was saying that the wicked of the world have a total lack of concern for the welfare of others.  A lot of what Job was referring to was what could be considered legally taking what belonged to others without returning it or leaving them with basic necessities.  If a cloak were pledged for security, it was to be returned at night so the person would not go cold.  Verse eleven says, Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.  I believe that Job was saying that the rich continued to enjoy life with no concern for the poor.  As they enjoyed their wine, they were not concerned about those who go thirsty.  Verse twelve declares, Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.  Job said that even as those around the rich of the world who did not follow God suffered, that God did not strike them down.  God did not immediately hold them accountable for their folly, as Job's friends were contending would happen.