³ A ruler^[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

⁶ Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.^(A)

⁸ Whoever increases wealth by taking interest^(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,^(B) who will be kind to the poor.^(C)

¹¹ The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

¹⁵ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
    is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

¹⁹ Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.^(A)

²¹ To show partiality^(A) is not good^(B)—
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.^(C)

²² The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.^(D)

²⁷ Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,^(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.^(B)