²² Do not rob the ^(A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
^23 (B)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

^3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain ^[a]which leaves no food.

⁶ Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

⁷ The righteous ^(A)considers the cause of the poor,
But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

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

¹⁴ The king who judges the ^(A)poor with truth,
His throne will be established forever.