May your hearts enjoy life forever. I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no redress. A lawsuit devours the tillage of the poor, but some men perish for lack of a law court. Even by his neighbor the poor man is hated, but the friends of the rich are many.
Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It is better to be humble with the meek than to share plunder with the proud. He who mocks the poor blasphemes his Maker, the one who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. He who condones the wicked, he who condemns the just, are both an abomination to the Lord. The wicked man accepts a concealed bribe to pervert the course of justice. The poor man implores, but the rich man answers harshly.