¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

²⁰ The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the lovers of the rich are many.

²³ The poor may speak entreaties,
    but the rich will answer roughly.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor will be left by his friends.

⁷ All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
    how much more will his friends keep away from him.
    He pursues them with words, and they are gone.^[a]

¹⁷ He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor,
    and his benefits he will repay to him.

²² The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty,
    and it is better to be poor than a liar.^[a]

¹³ He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor,
    he also will cry out and not be heard.

² Rich and poor have much in common;
    Yahweh is the maker of all of them.