Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels {of compassion} from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich {hath} many friends. {the rich...: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich}

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

And he cried, saying, Jesus, {thou} Son of David, have mercy on me.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city: the destruction of the poor {is} their poverty.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.

{Be} of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. {condescend...: or, be contented with mean things}

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. {unjust...: Heb. by increase}

For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears {are} on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort {her}: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. {and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}