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They drive away the chamor of the yetomim, they take the ox of the almanah for a pledge.

They thrust the needy out of the derech; the poor of the eretz needs hide themselves together.

Look, as wild donkeys in the midbar go they forth to their work; foraging for teref (nourishment); the wilderness yieldeth lechem for them and for their na’arim.

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They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy(B) from the path
    and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.

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