Better, "The poor and the oppressor." "Usurer," as in the margin, expresses the special form of oppression from which the poor suffer most at the h…

The poor and the deceitful man (rather, oppressor) meet together.— A variation of Proverbs 22:2, on which see note.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together
Or "the usurer" ^F17 ; who by usury, by fraud and deception, …

Some are poor, others have a great deal of deceitful riches. They meet in the business of this world; the Lord gives to both the comforts of this l…