# Each day you must give him his wage

"You should give the man the money he earns every single day"

# the sun must not go down on this unsettled matter

This is an idiom. The Israelites considered the new day as starting when the sun went down. Alternate translation: "you should pay the man on the same day he does the work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# for he is poor and is counting on it

The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "because he is poor and depends on his wages to buy his food for the next day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# he does not cry out against you to Yahweh

"he does not call out to Yahweh and ask him to punish you"

