⁹ Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor^[a] might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.^(A)

⁷ And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?