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oppresses
"severely mistreats"
like a beating rain that leaves no food
The poor man who oppresses other poor people is compared to a rain that falls so hard that it leaves no crop to harvest. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
beating rain
This is a metaphor for a rain coming down hard enough to cause crops to be driven down. AT: "damaging rain" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
forsake the law
"forsake God's law"
those who keep the law
To "keep the law" means to do what God's law requires. AT: "those who obey God's law" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
fight against them
"struggle against them." This means to strongly oppose or resist them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)