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1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
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1 See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
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2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
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2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
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3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will hearken.
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3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
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4 The mind of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.
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4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
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5 The fool will no more be called noble, nor the knave said to be honorable.
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5 No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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6 For the fool speaks folly, and his mind plots iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
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6 For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practices ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water.
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7 The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
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7 The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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8 But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.
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8 But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands.
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9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
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9 You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
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10 In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the vintage will fail, the fruit harvest will not come.
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10 In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
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11 Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists.
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12 Beat upon your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
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12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
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13 for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yea, for all the joyous houses in the joyful city.
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13 and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers-- yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
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14 For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
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14 The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
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15 until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
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15 till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
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16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
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16 Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field.
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17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.
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17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
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18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
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18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
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19 And the forest will utterly go down, and the city will be utterly laid low.
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19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
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20 Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.
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20 how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha) |
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