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They drive away the donkey of the orphan;
    they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy off the road;
    the poor of the earth all hide themselves.(B)
Like wild asses in the desert
    they go out to their toil,
scavenging in the wasteland
    food for their young.(C)

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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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