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The words of King Lemuel, the strong advice his mother gave him:

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The sayings of King Lemuel-an oracle his mother taught him:

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The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:

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These are the sayings of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him.

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"Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God!

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"O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

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What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

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O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my promises,

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Don't dissipate your virility on fortune-hunting women, promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders.

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do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.

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Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

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do not spend your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.

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"Leaders can't afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer,

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"It is not for kings, O Lemuel- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,

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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink;

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And it is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave liquor.

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Lest, hung over, they don't know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt.

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lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

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For if they drink, they may forget their duties and be unable to give justice to those who are oppressed.

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Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache

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Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;

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Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart.

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Liquor is for the dying, and wine for those in deep depression.

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Of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death.

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let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

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Let him drink and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

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Let them drink to forget their poverty and remember their troubles no more.

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"Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the down-and-outers.

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"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

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Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.

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Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those who are perishing.

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Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute!"

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Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

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Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.