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

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