You put the counsel of the poor to shame, for

Yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of man · Psalms 14

Story guide: Wealthy people feast while poor neighbors wait beyond the courtyard gate. The powerful consume a lavish meal while the poor seek refuge nearby; keep the eating metaphor intelligible.

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4Do not all the workers of wickedness know—those who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on Yahweh?

5There they were in great dread, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

6You put the counsel of the poor to shame, for Yahweh is his refuge.

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