If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

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

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'