1Behold, a King shall reign in justice, and the princes shall rule in judgment.
2And that man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3The eyes of the seeing shall not be shut, and the ears of them that hear, shall hearken.
4And the heart of the foolish shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shall be ready to speak distinctly.
5A niggard shall no more be called liberal, nor the churl rich.
6But the niggard will speak of niggardness, and his heart will work iniquity, and do wickedly, and speak falsely against the Lord, to make empty the hungry soul, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7For the weapons of the churl are wicked: he deviseth wicked counsels to undo the poor with lying words, and to speak against the poor in judgment.
8But the liberal man will devise of liberal things, and he will continue his liberality.
9Rise up ye women that are at ease: hear my voice, ye careless daughters, hearken to my words.
10Ye women that are careless, shall be in fear above a year in days, for the vintage shall fail, and the gatherings shall come no more.
11Ye women that are at ease, be astonied; fear, O ye careless women: put off the clothes; make bare, and gird sackcloth upon the loins.
12Men shall lament for the teats, even for the pleasant fields, and for the fruitful vine.
13Upon the land of my people shall grow thorns and briers: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the city of rejoicing,
14Because the palace shall be forsaken, and the noise of the city shall be left: the tower and fortress shall be dens forever, and the delight of wild asses, and a pasture for flocks,
15Until the Spirit be poured upon us from above, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the plenteous field be counted as a forest.
16And judgment shall dwell in the desert, and justice shall remain in the fruitful field.
17And the work of justice shall be peace, even the work of justice and quietness, and assurance forever.
18And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle of peace, and in sure dwellings, and in safe resting places.
19When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, and the city shall be in the low place.
20Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, and drive thither the feet of the ox and the ass.