New King James Version NKJV
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
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Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in 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.
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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.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen.
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Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will hearken.
4 Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
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The mind of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.
5 The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
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The fool will no more be called noble, nor the knave said to be honorable.
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.
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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.
7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.
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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.
8 But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand.
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But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.
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Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come.
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In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the vintage will fail, the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.
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Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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Beat upon your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
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for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yea, for all the joyous houses in the joyful city.
14 Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks--
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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;
15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
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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.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
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Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
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And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
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My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 Though hail comes down on the forest, And the city is brought low in humiliation.
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And the forest will utterly go down, and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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.