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