1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a colonnade from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

5 The vile person shall be no more called generous, nor the rude (unskilled, unrefined or unlearned) said [to be] bountiful.

6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 The instruments also of the rude (unskilled, unrefined or unlearned) [are] evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

8 But the generous devises generous things; and by generous things shall he stand.

9 Rise up, you2f women that are at ease; hear my voice, you2f careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

10 Many days and years shall you2f be troubled, you2f careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

11 Tremble, you2f women that are at ease; be troubled, you2f careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon [your] waist.

12 Beat your breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.

18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

20 Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [are] you2f that sow beside all waters, that send forth [there] the feet of the ox and the ass.