| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. | 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. |
| 2Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. | 2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. |
| 3Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will give attention. | 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. |
| 4The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly. | 4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. |
| 5The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable. | 5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected. |
| 6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. | 6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. |
| 7As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. | 7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. |
| 8But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands. | 8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes. |
| 9Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech. | 9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. |
| 10In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the grape harvest fails, the fruit harvest will not come. | 10In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. |
| 11Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and tie sackcloth around your waist. | 11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. |
| 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, | 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines, |
| 13for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city. | 13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. |
| 14For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; | 14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks— |
| 15until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. | 15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest. |
| 16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. | 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. |
| 17And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. | 17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. |
| 18My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. | 18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest. |
| 19And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low. | 19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. |
| 20Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free. | 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely. |
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