HE THAT GIVETH TO THE RICH SHALL SURELY COME TO WANT
HE THAT OPPRESSETH
THE POOR TO INCREASE
HIS RICHES,
AND
HE THAT GIVETH
TO THE RICH,
SHALL SURELY COME TO WANT.
BOW DOWN THINE EAR,
AND
HEAR THE WORDS OF THE WISE,
AND
APPLY THINE
HEART
UNTO MY KNOWLEDGE.
FOR
IT IS
A PLEASANT THING
IF THOU KEEP THEM
WITHIN THEE;
THEY SHALL
WITHAL BE FITTED IN THY LIPS.
THAT THY TRUST
MAY BE IN THE LORD,
I HAVE MADE KNOWN
TO THEE THIS DAY,
EVEN TO THEE.
HAVE NOT
I WRITTEN TO THEE
EXCELLENT THINGS
IN COUNSELS AND KNOWLEDGE,
THAT I MIGHT MAKE
THEE KNOW
THE CERTAINTY OF
THE WORDS OF TRUTH;
THAT
THOU MIGHTEST
ANSWER
THE WORDS OF TRUTH
TO
THEM THAT SEND UNTO THEE?
ROB NOT THE POOR,
BECAUSE HE IS POOR:
NEITHER OPPRESS THE
AFFLICTED IN
THE GATE:
FOR THE LORD WILL PLEAD
THEIR CAUSE, AND SPOIL
THE SOUL OF THOSE THAT
SPOILED THEM.
MAKE NO
FRIENDSHIP WITH
AN ANGRY
MAN; AND WITH
A FURIOUS
MAN THOU SHALT
NOT GO:
LEST THOU LEARN HIS WAYS,
AND GET
A SNARE TO THY SOUL.
LOVE
OJB
HE
THAT OPPRESSETH THE DAL
(POOR) IN ORDER TO INCREASE,
AND HE THAT GIVETH
TO THE
OISHER, SHALL SURELY COME TO MACHSOR
(POVERTY, WANT).
BOW DOWN THINE OZEN, AND
BOW DOWN THINE OZEN, AND
HEAR THE DEVARIM OF CHACHAMIM,
AND APPLY THINE LEV (MIND, HEART)
UNTO MY DA'AS. FOR IT IS A PLEASANT
THING IF THOU BE SHOMER OVER THEM
WITHIN THEE;
THEY SHALL THEREWITH ABIDE READY
UPON THY SFATAYIM (LIPS).
THAT THY TRUST MAY BE IN HASHEM,
I HAVE MADE THEE KNOW THIS YOM,
EVEN THEE! HAVE NOT I WRITTEN TO THEE SHLOSHIM
(THIRTY SAYINGS) IN MO'ETZOT (COUNSELS) AND DA’AS,
THAT I MIGHT MAKE THEE KNOW THE CERTAIN
TRUTH OF THE WORDS OF EMES; THAT
THOU
MIGHTEST BRING BACK WORDS OF EMES TO THEM
THAT SEND THEE? EXPLOIT NOT THE DAL (POOR),
BECAUSE HE IS DAL (POOR); NEITHER OPPRESS
THE ONI (AFFLICTED) IN THE SHA’AR,
FOR HASHEM
WILL PLEAD THEIR CAUSE,
AND PLUNDER THE NEFESH
OF THOSE THAT PLUNDERED THEM.
MAKE NO FRIENDSHIP WITH A BA’AL AF (ANGRY MAN),
AND WITH AN ISH CHEMOT
(MAN OF WRATH) THOU SHALT NOT GO,
LEST THOU LEARN HIS ORKHOT (WAYS),
LEST THOU LEARN HIS ORKHOT (WAYS),
AND TAKE A MOKESH (SNARE) FOR THY NEFESH.
LOVE
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