²² Rob not the poor, ^[a]because he is poor;
Neither ^[b]oppress the afflicted in the gate:
²³ For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that despoil them.

³ A needy man that oppresseth the poor
Is like a sweeping rain ^[a]which leaveth no food.

⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is ^[a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

⁷ The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor;
The wicked ^[a]hath not understanding to know it.

¹³ The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.