²³ A poor person’s land might produce much food,
    but it is unjustly swept away.

³¹ Those who exploit the powerless anger their maker,
    while those who are kind to the poor honor God.

¹⁵ All the days of the needy are hard,
    but a happy heart has a continual feast.

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than great profits without justice.

¹⁶ Oppressing the poor to get rich
    and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.

²² Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor.
    Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.
²³ The Lord will take up their case
    and press the life out of those who oppress them.^[a]

⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor,
    but the wicked don’t understand.

³ Poor people who oppress the needy
    are rain that washes away food.

¹³ The poor and their oppressors have a common bond—
    the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.