²³ There is much food in the field of the poor,
    but it is swept away^[a] by injustice.^[b]

³¹ He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him,
    but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

¹⁵ All the days of the poor are hard,
    but goodness of heart^[a] is a continuous feast.

⁸ Better is little with righteousness
    than great income with no justice.

¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
    or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.^[a]

²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
    and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
²³ For Yahweh will plead their case
    and despoil those who despoil them of life.^[a]

⁷ The righteous knows the case of the poor,
    but the wicked does not understand knowledge.

³ A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
    is a beating rain that leaves^[a] no food.

¹³ The poor and a man of oppression have this in common:
    Yahweh gives light to the eyes of them both.^[a]