²³ If you oppress him at all, and ^(A)if he does cry out to Me, ^(B)I will assuredly hear his cry;

⁹ Be careful that there is no mean-spirited ^[a]thought in your heart, ^[b]such as, ‘^(A)The seventh year, the year of release of debts, is near,’ and ^(B)your eye is malicious toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he ^(C)may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

⁴ Behold, ^(A)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^(B)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ^(C)the Lord ^[a]of armies.