<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed man.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a bandit,p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed robber.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wealth of a rich person is like<n id="1" /> a fortified city,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the poor are brought to ruin<n id="3" /> by<n id="4" /> their poverty.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who neglects<n id="1" /> discipline ends up in<n id="2" /> poverty and shame,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who accepts reproof is honored.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who works his land will be satisfied with food,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever chases daydreams<n id="2" /> will have his fill<n id="3" /> of poverty.p>

<p class="poetry">let them<n id="1" /> drink and forget<n id="2" /> their poverty,p> <p class="poetry">and remember their misery no more.p>

<p class="poetry">Remove falsehood and lies<n id="1" /> far from me;p> <p class="poetry">do not give me poverty or riches,p> <p class="poetry">feed me with my allotted portion<n id="2" /> of bread,<n id="3" />p>