rsv Proverbs:31:1-9
rsv@Proverbs:31:1 @ The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him:
rsv@Proverbs:31:2 @ What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?
rsv@Proverbs:31:3 @ Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.
rsv@Proverbs:31:4 @ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink;
rsv@Proverbs:31:5 @ lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
rsv@Proverbs:31:6 @ Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
rsv@Proverbs:31:7 @ let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
rsv@Proverbs:31:8 @ Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate.
rsv@Proverbs:31:9 @ Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.