³ A ruler^[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

⁶ Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.^(A)

⁷ The righteous care about justice for the poor,^(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

¹³ The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
    The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.^(A)

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor with fairness,
    his throne will be established forever.^(A)