Indeed a King will reign according to righteousness, And the rulers will rule according to justice.

And a man will be like a refuge from the wind And a covering from the tempest, Like streams of water in a dry place, Like the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land.

And the eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will attend.

And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, And the tongue of those who stammer will hasten to speak elegantly.

The fool will no longer be called noble, Nor will the cheat be said to be generous;

For the fool will speak foolishness, And his heart will commit iniquity By committing profaneness And by speaking error against Jehovah, By leaving the soul of the hungry empty And by causing drink for the thirsty to fail.

And as for the cheat, his tools are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with false words Even when the needy speaks rightly.

But the noble man devises noble things, And upon noble things he stands.

Rise up, O women who are at ease, And hear my voice; O daughters of complacency, Hearken to my words.

In a year and some days You will be troubled, O complacent ones; For the vintage is at its end; The ingathering will not come.

Tremble, O women at ease; Be troubled, O complacent ones. Strip yourselves and be bare, And gird your loins with sackcloth.

They beat their breasts For the pleasant fields, For the fruitful vine.

Upon the land of my people Will come up thorns and briers, Indeed upon all the jubilant houses In the exultant city.

Because the palace will be abandoned; The multitude of the city will be forsaken; The Hill and the watchtower Will become caves forever, A joy for wild asses, A pasture for flocks;

Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is considered to be a forest.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will remain in the fruitful field;

And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the result of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

And my people will live in a peaceful habitation And in secure dwellings and carefree resting places.

And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low.

Blessed are you who sow beside all the water, Who send there the feet of the ox and the donkey.