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² When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
   but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
³ A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
   but to keep company with prostitutes is to squander one’s substance.
⁴ By justice a king gives stability to the land,
   but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
⁵ Whoever flatters a neighbour
   is spreading a net for the neighbour’s feet.
⁶ In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
   but the righteous sing and rejoice.
⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor;
   the wicked have no such understanding.