4
Do not reject an afflicted suppliant, nor turn your face away from the poor.
5
Do not avert your eye from the needy, nor give a man occasion to curse you;
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for if in bitterness of soul he calls down a curse upon you, his Creator will hear his prayer.
7
Make yourself beloved in the congregation; bow your head low to a great man.
8
Incline your ear to the poor, and answer him peaceably and gently.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.