3 do not give your vigor to women, or your ways to what ruins kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
5 lest they drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
6 Give strong drink to one who is dying, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed—
7 let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the justice of all who are destitute.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, plead the cause of the poor and needy.