1. Behold, for righteousness shall reign a king, and rulers for
justice shall rule. 2. And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the
wind, and a covert from the rain (or storm), as channels of water in
a dry place (or in drought), as the shadow of a heavy rock in a weary
land.
3. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of
them that hear shall hearken. 4. And the heart (or, mind) of the rash
(heedless or reckless) shall understand to know (or, understand
knowledge), and the tongue of stammerers shall hasten to speak clear
things.
5. The fool will no longer be called noble, and the churl will no
longer be spoken of (or, to) as liberal. 6. The fool (is one who)
will speak folly, and his heart will do iniquity, to do wickedness
and to speak error unto (or, against) Jehovah, to starve (or, leave
empty) the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty he will
suffer to fail. 7. And as for the churl, his arms (or, instruments)
are evil. He deviseth plots to destroy the oppressed (or afflicted)
with words of falsehood, even in the poor (man's) speaking right.
8. The noble (or, generous) man devises noble (or, generous) things,
and in noble (or, generous) things he perseveres.