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]

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

⁶ Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

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

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

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor honestly,
    his throne will be established forever.