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1 See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.
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See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
2 And each one will be like a hiding place from [the] wind and a covering from [the] rainstorm, like streams of water in a dry region, like [the] shade of a large rock in a weary land.
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Each one 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.
3 And [the] eyes of those who see will not gaze, and [the] ears of those who hear will listen.
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Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 And [the] {minds} of [the] rash will understand {knowledge}, and [the] tongues of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
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The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
5 A fool will no longer be called noble, and a scoundrel will not be said [to be] eminent.
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No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink.
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For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
7 And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech of [the] needy [is] right.
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Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But [the] nobleman plans noble things, and he stands upon noble things.
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But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.
9 Women [who are] at ease, rise up; hear my voice! Carefree daughters, listen [to] my word!
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You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
10 {In a year} you will tremble, carefree ones, for [the] vintage will come to an end; [the] harvest will not come.
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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.
11 Tremble, [you who are] at ease; tremble, carefree ones; strip, and strip yourself, and gird yourself on [your] loins,
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Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.
12 mourning over breasts, over fields of delight, over [the] fruitful vine,
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Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
13 over the soil of my people. It goes up [in] thorns [and] briers, indeed over all of [the] houses of joy [in the] jubilant city.
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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.
14 For [the] palace will be forsaken, [the] {crowded city} deserted; [the] hill and [the] watchtower will become a cave forever, [the] joy of wild asses, a pasture {for} flocks.
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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,
15 Until a spirit is poured out on us from on high, and [the] wilderness becomes [a] fruitful field, and [the] fruitful field is reckoned as the forest.
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till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.
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The LORD’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.
17 And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
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The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.
18 And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace and in a dwelling place of security and in undisturbed resting places.
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My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
19 And it hails when {the forest comes down}, and the city will become low in humiliation.
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Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
20 Happy [are] you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.
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how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
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