A good name is rather to be chosen Than great riches And loving favour Rather than silver and gold The rich and the poor meet togather JAH is the maker of them all A prudent man forseeth the evil And hideth himself But the simple pass on And are punished Rob not the poor Because he is poor Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate For JAH will plead their cause And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them Make no friendship with an angry man And with a furious man thou shalt not go Lest thou learn his ways And get a snare to thy soul. Be not thou one of them that strike hands Or of them that are sureties for debts If thou hast nothing to pay Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Rob not the poor Because he is poor Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate For JAH will plead their cause And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity And the rod of his anger shall fail. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed For he giveth of his bread to the poor. Cast out the scorner And contention shall go out Yeah! Strife and reproach shall cease