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| [1]Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. |
[1]Behold, a king shall reign in justice, and the princes shall rule in judgment. |
| [2]And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. |
[2]And that man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest: as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. |
| [3]And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. |
[3]The eyes of the seeing shall not be shut, and the ears of them that hear, shall hearken. |
| [4]The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. |
[4]And the heart of the foolish shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shall be ready to speak distinctly. |
| [5]The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. |
[5]A niggard shall no more be called liberal, nor the churl rich. |
| [6]For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. |
[6]But the niggard will speak of niggardness, and his heart will work iniquity, and do wickedly, and speak falsely against the Lord, to make empty the hungry soul, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. |
| [7]The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. |
[7]For the weapons of the churl are wicked: he deviseth wicked counsels, to undo the poor with lying words: and to speak against the poor in judgment. |
| [8]But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. |
[8]But the liberal man will devise of liberal things, and he will continue his liberality. |
| [9]Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. |
[9]Rise up, ye women that are at ease: hear my voice, ye careless daughters: hearken to my words. |
| [10]Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. |
[10]Ye women, that are careless, shall be in fear above a year in days: for the vintage shall fail, and the gatherings shall come no more. |
| [11]Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. |
[11]Ye women, that are at ease, be astonied: fear, O ye careless women: put off the clothes: make bare, and gird sackcloth upon the loins. |
| [12]They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. |
[12]Men shall lament for the teats, even for the pleasant fields, and for the fruitful vine. |
| [13]Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: |
[13]Upon the land of my people shall grow thorns and briers: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the city of rejoicing, |
| [14]Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; |
[14]Because the palace shall be forsaken , and the noise of the city shall be left: the tower and fortress shall be dens forever, and the delight of wild asses, and a pasture for flocks, |
| [15]Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. |
[15]Until the spirit be poured upon us from above, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the plenteous field be counted as a forest. |
| [16]Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. |
[16]And judgment shall dwell in the desert, and justice shall remain in the fruitful field. |
| [17]And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. |
[17]And the work of justice shall be peace, even the work of justice and quietness, and assurance forever. |
| [18]And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; |
[18]And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle of peace, and in sure dwellings, and in safe resting places. |
| [19]When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. |
[19]When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, and the city shall be set in the low place. |
| [20]Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. |
[20]Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, and drive thither the feet of the ox and the ass. |