¹ Behold, a king shall govern after the rule of righteousness, and the princes shall rule according to the balance of equity. ² He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land. ³ The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear, shall take diligent heed. ⁴ The heart of the unwise shall attain to knowledge, and the imperfect tongue shall speak plainly and distinctly. ⁵ Then shall the niggard be no more called gentle, nor the churl liberal. ⁶ But the churl will be churlishly minded, and his heart will work evil and play the hypocrite, and imagine abominations against God, to make the hungry lean, and withhold drink from the thirsty. ⁷ These are the perilous weapons of the covetous, these be his shameful counsels: that he may beguile the poor with deceitful works, yea, even there as he should give sentence with the poor. ⁸ But the liberal person imagineth honest things, and cometh up with honesty.