This verse is a synecdoche that describes the misery and hard work of the poor. They harvest food for rich people's animals to eat, and they get the last grapes of crops that the wicked enjoy in luxury. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# They reap fodder in the field
The words in this line are not clear. Other possible meanings are that they reap at night or that they reap in fields not their own.
# reap ... glean
Reaping is the work of hired hands, while gleaning is the work of the landless poor. Taken together, this is a description of poor people who must work in fields belonging to other people, including the wicked.
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