1
My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
2
Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.
3
Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
4
Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
5
Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
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For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
7
Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
8
Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
9
Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
10
Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.