- 1. The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
- 2. By the transgression of a land many `are' its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.
- 3. A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
- 4. Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
- 5. Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
- 6. Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
- 7. Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
- 8. Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
- 9. Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer `is' an abomination.
- 10. Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
- 11. A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
- 12. In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
- 13. Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
- 14. O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
- 15. A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.
- 16. A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
- 17. A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
- 18. Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
- 19. Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
- 20. A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
- 21. To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
- 22. Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
- 23. Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
- 24. Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
- 25. Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
- 26. Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
- 27. Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
- 28. In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
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