¹⁵ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

²⁰ The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

²³ The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor is separated from his friend.

⁷ All the relatives of the poor shun him:
    how much more do his friends avoid him!
    He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

¹⁷ He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;
    he will reward him.

²² That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
    A poor man is better than a liar.

¹³ Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
    he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

² The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.