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1 - The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

2 - By the transgression of a land many <FI>are<Fi> its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right--it is prolonged.

3 - A man--poor and oppressing the weak, <FI>Is<Fi> a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

4 - Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

5 - Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

6 - Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

7 - Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

8 - Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

9 - Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer <FI>is<Fi> an abomination.

10 - Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

11 - A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

12 - In the exulting of the righteous the glory <FI>is<Fi> abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

13 - Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

14 - O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

15 - A growling lion, and a ranging bear, <FI>Is<Fi> the wicked ruler over a poor people.

16 - A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

17 - A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

18 - Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

19 - Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled <FI>with<Fi> poverty.

20 - A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

21 - To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

22 - Troubled for wealth <FI>is<Fi> the man <FI>with<Fi> an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

23 - Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

24 - Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

25 - Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

26 - Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

27 - Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

28 - In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!