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]

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

⁶ Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
    than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

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

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

¹⁴ A king who judges with truthfulness to the poor,
    his throne will be established forever.

²⁰ Her palm she opens to the poor,
    and her hand she reaches out to the needy.