31:4 It is not for kings, 1 O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine, 2
or for rulers to crave strong drink, 3
31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed,
and remove 4 from all the poor 5 their legal rights. 6
31:6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, 7
and wine to those who are bitterly distressed; 8
31:7 let them 9 drink and forget 10 their poverty,
and remember their misery no more.