1. Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,And princes will rule with justice.
2. A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,And a cover from the tempest,As rivers of water in a dry place,As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3. The eyes of those who see will not be dim,And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4. Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5. The foolish person will no longer be called generous,Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
6. For the foolish person will speak foolishness,And his heart will work iniquity:To practice ungodliness,To utter error against the Lord,To keep the hungry unsatisfied,And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7. Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;He devises wicked plansTo destroy the poor with lying words,Even when the needy speaks justice.
8. But a generous man devises generous things,And by generosity he shall stand.