¹⁹ For he has oppressed the poor^(A) and left them destitute;^(B)
    he has seized houses^(C) he did not build.

³ Haggard from want and hunger,
    they roamed^[a] the parched land^(A)
    in desolate wastelands^(B) at night.^(C)
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,^(D)
    and their food^[b] was the root of the broom bush.^(E)
5 They were banished from human society,
    shouted at as if they were thieves.
⁶ They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
    among the rocks and in holes in the ground.^(F)

²⁸ When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;^(A)
    but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.