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They destroyed the way of poor men, and they oppressed together the mild men of [the] earth. (They pushed the poor out of their way, and they oppressed the needy of the earth, who huddle together.)

Other men as wild asses in desert go out to their work; and they wake to (take) prey, and before make ready bread to their children. (Other men, like wild donkeys, go out to the wilderness; and they seek prey, to find food for their children.)

They cut down a field not theirs, and they gather [the] grapes of his vinery, whom they have oppressed by violence. (They cut down a field not their own, and they gather grapes from the vineyard of the wicked.)

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They thrust the needy(A) from the path
    and force all the poor(B) of the land into hiding.(C)
Like wild donkeys(D) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(E) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(F) provides food for their children.
They gather fodder(G) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(H) of the wicked.(I)

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