| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Behold, a king will reign righteously And princes will rule justly. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The mind of the hasty will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the afflicted with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But the noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Give ear to my word, You complacent daughters. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Within a year and a few days You will be troubled, O complacent daughters; For the vintage is ended, And the fruit gathering will not come. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent daughters; Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks; |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness And righteousness will abide in the fertile field. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places; |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let out freely the ox and the donkey. |
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