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14 The wicked draw their swords.
    They bend their bows.
They try to kill the poor and helpless.
    They want to kill those who are honest.
15 But their swords will stab their own hearts.
    Their bows will break.

16 It’s better to have little and be right
    than to have much and be wrong.

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(D)
    and their bows will be broken.(E)

16 Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth(F) of many wicked;

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