¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their powerful fortress;
    the poverty of the poor reduces them to rubble.

²⁰ The poor are hated even by their own neighbors,
    but the rich are loved by many friends.

¹¹ The rich think their wealth is their sturdy fortress;
    they imagine it to be an invincible wall of security.

²³ The poor plead for help,
    but the rich respond harshly.

² Rich and poor have something in common:
    both are created by the Eternal.

⁷ The rich lord it over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave to the lender.

¹⁶ If you take advantage of the poor or coddle the rich to get ahead,
    you will end up destitute.