60 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
60 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 32
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1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
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and princes will rule in justice.
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2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
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a shelter from the storm,
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like streams of water in a dry place,
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like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
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3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
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and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
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4 The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
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and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
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5 The fool will no more be called noble,
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nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
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6 For the fool speaks folly,
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and his heart is busy with iniquity,
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to practice ungodliness,
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to utter error concerning the Lord,
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to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
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and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
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7 As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil;
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he plans wicked schemes
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to ruin the poor with lying words,
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even when the plea of the needy is right.
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8 But he who is noble plans noble things,
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and on noble things he stands.
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9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
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you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
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10 In little more than a year
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you will shudder, you complacent women;
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for the grape harvest fails,
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the fruit harvest will not come.
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease,
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shudder, you complacent ones;
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strip, and make yourselves bare,
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and tie sackcloth around your waist.
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12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
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for the fruitful vine,
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13 for the soil of my people
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growing up in thorns and briers,
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yes, for all the joyous houses
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in the exultant city.
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14 For the palace is forsaken,
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the populous city deserted;
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the hill and the watchtower
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will become dens forever,
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a joy of wild donkeys,
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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 deemed a forest.
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16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
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and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
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17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
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and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
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18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
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in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
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19 And it will hail when the forest falls down,
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and the city will be utterly laid low.
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20 Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
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who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free. |