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28The wicked flee when no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
²When a land rebels
it has many rulers;
but with an intelligent ruler
there is lasting order.
³A ruler who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
⁴Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law struggle against them.
⁵The evil do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
⁶Better to be poor and walk in integrity
than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.
⁷Those who keep the law are wise children,
but companions of gluttons shame their parents.
⁸One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.
⁹When one will not listen to the law,
even one’s prayers are an abomination.