<p class="poetry">His sons must recompense<n id="1" /> the poor;p> <p class="poetry">his own hands<n id="2" /> must return his wealth.p>

<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">For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has seized a house which he did not build.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I have refused to give the poor what they desired,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,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">A poor person<n id="1" /> who oppresses the weakp> <p class="poetry">is like<n id="2" /> a driving rain without food.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">gathers it for someone who is gracious<n id="2" /> to the needy.p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person cares for<n id="1" /> the legal rights<n id="2" /> of the poor;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked does not understand such<n id="3" /> knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">If a king judges the poor in truth,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his throne<n id="2" /> will be established forever.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">We&#8217;re eager to trade silver for the poor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a pair of sandals<n id="2" /> for the needy!p> <p class="poetry">We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!&#8221;<n id="3" />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">I thought, &#8220;Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They act like fools because they do not know what the <sc>Lordsc> demands.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They do not know what their God requires of them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan<n id="1" /> who live on Mount Samaria!p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="2" /> oppress the poor;p> <p class="poetry">you crush the needy.p> <p class="poetry">You say to your<n id="3" /> husbands,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Bring us more to drink!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They trample<n id="1" /> on the dirt-covered heads of the poor;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they push the destitute away.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">A man and his father go to the same girl;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">in this way they show disrespect<n id="5" /> for my moral purity.<n id="6" />p>