| 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 [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right—it is prolonged. |
| 3 | A man—poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] 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 [is] 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 [is] 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 [is] 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, [Is] 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 [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] 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 [is] the man [with] 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! |