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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

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Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(A)
They are drenched(B) by mountain rains
    and hug(C) the rocks for lack of shelter.(D)
The fatherless(E) child is snatched(F) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized(G) for a debt.(H)

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