4. The heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers will speak fluently, clearly.
5. No longer will a fool be called noble, or a scoundrel said to be a gentleman.
6. For the fool speaks foolishness and his heart works wickedness, to practice ungodliness, and speak error about Adonai, to deprive the hungry of food and withhold drink from the thirsty.
7. The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8. But the noble devises noble plans, and for noble causes he stands.
9. Rise up, you women at ease, And hear my voice. You complacent daughters, give ear to my words.
10. Within a year and a few days you will shudder, complacent ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the gathering will not come.
11. Tremble, you women at ease! Shudder, you complacent ones! Strip and make yourselves bare, and put sackcloth on your waist.