<p class="poetry">It is trampled underfootp> <p class="poetry">by the feet of the oppressed,p> <p class="poetry">by the soles of the poor.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The poor will graze in my pastures;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the needy will rest securely.p> <p class="poetry">But I will kill your root by famine;p> <p class="poetry">it will put to death all your survivors.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,p> <p class="poetry">and to deprive<n id="1" /> the oppressed among my people of justice,p> <p class="poetry">so they can steal what widows own,p> <p class="poetry">and loot what belongs to orphans.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will treat the poor fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and make right decisions<n id="2" /> for the downtrodden of the earth.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and order the wicked to be executed.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you are a protector for the poor,p> <p class="poetry">a protector for the needy in their distress,p> <p class="poetry">a shelter from the rainstorm,p> <p class="poetry">a shade from the heat.p> <p class="poetry">Though the breath of tyrants<n id="1" /> is like a winter rainstorm,<n id="2" />p>