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.