' You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob [him.] The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do [so.]

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give [it,"] When [you have] it with you.

" Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, [Who] uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work,

"So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and give them [their] wages, beginning with the last to the first.'

"You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not bear false witness,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and your mother.' "

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

Rejoice the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

"Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the LORD against you, and it become sin among you.

"If you afflict them in any way, [and] they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

"and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.

"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

For their Redeemer [is] mighty; He will plead their cause against you.

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry [for help.]

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.