Chapter 32
1 Behold , a king shall reign in righteousness , and princes shall rule in justice .
2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind , and a covert from the storm , as streams of water in a dry place , as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim , and the ears of those who hear will listen .
4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge , and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly .
5 The fool will no longer be called noble , nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the fool will speak folly , and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh , to make empty the soul of the hungry , and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail .
7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil . He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right .
8 But the noble devises noble things , and he will continue in noble things .
9 Rise up , you women who are at ease ! Hear my voice ! You careless daughters , give ear to my speech!
10 For days beyond a year you will be troubled , you careless women; for the vintage will fail . The harvest won’t come .
11 Tremble , you women who are at ease ! Be troubled , you careless ones! Strip yourselves , make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist .
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields , for the fruitful vine .
13 Thorns and briers will come up on my people ’s land; yes , on all the houses of joy in the joyous city .
14 For the palace will be forsaken . The populous city will be deserted . The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever , a delight for wild donkeys , a pasture of flocks ,
15 until the Spirit is poured on us from on high , and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field , and the fruitful field is considered a forest .
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness ; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field .
17 The work of righteousness will be peace , and the effect of righteousness , quietness and confidence forever .
18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation , in safe dwellings , and in quiet resting places ,
19 though hail flattens the forest , and the city is leveled completely.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters , who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey .