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They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They turn the needy off the path;
    they force the poor of the land into hiding.
Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work,
foraging prey in the desert as 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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