Verse 3
3. A poor man גבר רשׁ , ( gebher rash,) literally, a strong one poor, possibly a man naturally strong, but poor.
The poor דלים , ( dallim,) the weak, feeble.
Sweeping rain A flood, sweeping off and carrying every thing before it.
Which leaveth no food Literally, no bread; this is the final result. A man of ability, but a needy wretch, promoted to some station of honour, is often a great scourge. It would be natural to suppose that a poor man would sympathize with the indigent; but observation, as a general thing, proves the contrary. Hence such an overbearing, insolent, and tyrannical officer is compared not to a rain producing its natural beneficent effects, fertilizing the ground, and augmenting the crops; but to a “sweeping rain,” which destroys and carries them away. “The comparatively poor are often shockingly uncharitable and unfeeling to the real poor.” A. Clarke. Comp. Matthew 18:23-35.
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