¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;^(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

²⁰ A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,^(A)
but there are many who love the rich.^(B)

¹¹ The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.^(A)

²³ The poor person pleads,^(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.^(B)

² Rich and poor have this in common:^[a]
the Lord makes them all.^(A)