²³ The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through ^(A)injustice.

³¹ Whoever oppresses a poor man ^(A)insults his ^(B)Maker,
    ^(C)but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil,
    but ^(A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

^8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness
    than great revenues with injustice.

¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, ^(A)will only come to poverty.

⁷ A righteous man ^(A)knows the rights of the poor;
    a wicked man does not ^(B)understand such knowledge.

^3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.

¹³ The poor man and the oppressor ^(A)meet together;
    the Lord ^(B)gives light to the eyes of both.