Isaiah 32:1–8

A Reign of Righteousness

32 Behold, aa king will reign in righteousness,

And princes will rule with justice.

2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,

And ba 1cover from the tempest,

As rivers of water in a dry place,

As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 cThe eyes of those who see will not be dim,

And the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 Also the heart of the 2rash will dunderstand knowledge,

And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

5 The foolish person will no longer be called 3generous,

Nor the miser said to be bountiful;

6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness,

And his heart will work einiquity:

To practice ungodliness,

To utter error against the Lord,

To keep the hungry unsatisfied,

And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;

He devises wicked plans

To destroy the poor with flying words,

Even when the needy speaks justice.

8 But a 4generous man devises generous things,

And by generosity he shall stand.