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

2 B y the transgression of a land many its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.

3 A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

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

5 E vil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

6 B etter the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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

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

9 W hoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer an abomination.

10 W hoso 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 I n the exulting of the righteous the glory abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

13 W hoso 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, 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 W hoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

19 W hoso is tilling his ground is satisfied bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled poverty.

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

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

22 T roubled for wealth the man an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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

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

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

26 W hoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

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

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