32:1 See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
32:2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
32:3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
32:4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
32:5 No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
32:6 For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practices ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water.
32:7 The scoundrel’s methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
32:8 But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands.
32:9 You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
32:10 In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
32:11 Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists.
32:12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
32:13 and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers–yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
32:14 The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
32:15 till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
32:16 Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field.
32:17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
32:18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
32:19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
32:20 how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
32:1 Indeed a King will reign according to righteousness, / And the rulers will rule according to justice.
32:2 And a man will be like a refuge from the wind / And a covering from the tempest, / Like streams of water in a dry place, / Like the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land.
32:3 And the eyes of those who see will not be dim, / And the ears of those who hear will attend.
32:4 And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, / And the tongue of those who stammer will hasten to speak elegantly.
32:5 The fool will no longer be called noble, / Nor will the cheat be said to be generous;
32:6 For the fool will speak foolishness, / And his heart will commit iniquity / By committing profaneness / And by speaking error against Jehovah, / By leaving the soul of the hungry empty / And by causing drink for the thirsty to fail.
32:7 And as for the cheat, his tools are evil; / He devises wicked schemes / To destroy the poor with false words / Even when the needy speaks rightly.
32:8 But the noble man devises noble things, / And upon noble things he stands.
32:9 Rise up, O women who are at ease, / And hear my voice; / O daughters of complacency, / Hearken to my words.
32:10 In a year and some days / You will be troubled, O complacent ones; / For the vintage is at its end; / The ingathering will not come.
32:11 Tremble, O women at ease; / Be troubled, O complacent ones. / Strip yourselves and be bare, / And gird your loins with sackcloth.
32:12 They beat their breasts / For the pleasant fields, / For the fruitful vine.
32:13 Upon the land of my people / Will come up thorns and briers, / Indeed upon all the jubilant houses / In the exultant city.
32:14 Because the palace will be abandoned; / The multitude of the city will be forsaken; / The Hill and the watchtower / Will become caves forever, / A joy for wild asses, / A pasture for flocks;
32:15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, / And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, / And the fruitful field is considered to be a forest.
32:16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, / And righteousness will remain in the fruitful field;
32:17 And the work of righteousness will be peace, / And the result of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
32:18 And my people will live in a peaceful habitation / And in secure dwellings and carefree resting places.
32:19 And it will hail when the forest comes down, / And the city will be utterly laid low.
32:20 Blessed are you who sow beside all the water, / Who send there the feet of the ox and the donkey.