⁴ Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor will be left by his friends.

⁶ Many will seek favor before the generous,
    and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.^[a]
7 All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
    how much more will his friends keep away from him.
    He pursues them with words, and they are gone.^[b]

² Rich and poor have much in common;
    Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

⁷ The rich will rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is a slave of the lender.^[a]

⁴ Do not tire in order to become rich;
    out of your understanding, may you desist.
⁵ Your eyes will alight^[a] on it, but there is nothing to it,
    for suddenly it will make for itself wings
    like an eagle and it will be exhausted in the heavens.