58 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
58 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 32
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1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
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And princes will rule with justice.
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2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
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And a cover from the tempest,
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As rivers of water in a dry place,
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As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
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3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
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And the ears of those who hear will listen.
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4 Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
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And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
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5 The foolish person will no longer be called generous,
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Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
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6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
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And his heart will work iniquity:
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To practice ungodliness,
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To utter error against the Lord,
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To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
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And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
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He devises wicked plans
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To destroy the poor with lying words,
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Even when the needy speaks justice.
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8 But a generous man devises generous things,
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And by generosity he shall stand.
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9 Rise up, you women who are at ease,
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Hear my voice;
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You complacent daughters,
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Give ear to my speech.
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10 In a year and some days
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You will be troubled, you complacent women;
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For the vintage will fail,
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The gathering will not come.
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
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Be troubled, you complacent ones;
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Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
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And gird sackcloth on your waists.
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12 People shall mourn upon their breasts
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For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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13 On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
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Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
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14 Because the palaces will be forsaken,
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The bustling city will be deserted.
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The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
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A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
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15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
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And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
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And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
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16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
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And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
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17 The work of righteousness will be peace,
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And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
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18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
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In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
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19 Though hail comes down on the forest,
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And the city is brought low in humiliation.
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20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
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Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey. |