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Like wild asses in the desert
    they go out to their toil,
scavenging in the wasteland
    food for their young.
They reap in a field not their own
    and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
They lie all night naked, without clothing,
    and have no covering in the cold.

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Like wild donkeys(A) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(B) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(C) provides food for their children.
They gather fodder(D) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(E) of the wicked.(F)
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(G)

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