1
See, a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule with justice.
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.
3
Then the eyes of those who have sight will not be closed,
and the ears of those who have hearing will listen.
4
The minds of the rash will have good judgment,
and the tongues of stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.
5
A fool will no longer be called noble,
nor a villain said to be honorable.
6
For fools speak folly,
and their minds plot iniquity:
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7
The villainies of villains are evil;
they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
8
But those who are noble plan noble things,
and by noble things they stand.