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[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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