1	Behold, a king shall reign# in righteousness, and princes shall rule# in judgment.
			2	And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. [great: Heb. heavy]
			3	And the eyes of them that see# shall not be dim# , and the ears of them that hear# shall hearken# .
			4	The heart also of the rash# shall understand# knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready# to speak# plainly. [rash: Heb. hasty] [plainly: or, elegantly]
			5	The vile person shall be no more called# liberal, nor the churl said# to be bountiful.
			6	For the vile person will speak# villany, and his heart will work# iniquity, to practise# hypocrisy, and to utter# error against the LORD, to make empty# the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail# .
			7	The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth# wicked devices to destroy# the poor# # with lying words, even when the needy speaketh# right. [the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment]
			8	But the liberal deviseth# liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand# . [stand: or, be established]
			9	Rise up# , ye women that are at ease; hear# my voice, ye careless# daughters; give ear# unto my speech.
			10	Many days and years shall ye be troubled# , ye careless women# : for the vintage shall fail# , the gathering shall not come# . [Many...: Heb. Days above a year]
			11	Tremble# , ye women that are at ease; be troubled# , ye careless ones# : strip# you, and make you bare# , and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
			12	They shall lament# for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful# vine. [pleasant...: Heb. fields of desire]
			13	Upon the land of my people shall come up# thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: [yea...: or, burning upon]
			14	Because the palaces shall be forsaken# ; the multitude of the city shall be left# ; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; [forts...: or, clifts and watchtowers]
			15	Until the spirit be poured# upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted# for a forest.
			16	Then judgment shall dwell# in the wilderness, and righteousness remain# in the fruitful field.
			17	And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness# and assurance for ever.
			18	And my people shall dwell# in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
			19	When it shall hail# , coming down# on the forest; and the city shall be low# in a low place. [low in...: or, utterly abased]
			20	Blessed are ye that sow# beside all waters, that send forth# thither the feet of the ox and the ass.