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Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
2
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 parched land.
3
Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
4
Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
5
In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
6
For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the Lord .
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
7
The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
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But generous people plan to do what is generous,
and they stand firm in their generosity.