Sirach 4:1-10

Give a hearing to the poor,
and return their greeting politely.
Rescue the oppressed from the oppressor;
and do not be hesitant in giving a verdict.
Be a father to orphans,
and be like a husband to their mother;
you will then be like a son of the Most High,
and he will love you more than does your mother. (Sirach 4:8-10)

It is wise to recognize our relationships.

It is especially wise to recognize our relationship with the poor and the oppressed.

To be in relationship is not just an abstraction, it is not just to return their greeting politely.

Earlier in the passage we are admonished, "Do not... delay giving to the needy... Do not avert your eye from the needy.

I not only avert my eye, I walk on more quickly. I do not even return their greeting.