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They steal a donkey that belongs to an orphan.
    They take a widow’s cow until she pays what she owes them.
They force the poor to move out of their way
    and to get off the road.

“The poor are like wild donkeys that go out to the desert to find food.
    From morning to night they work to gather food for their children.

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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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