Leeser(i)
1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy with which his mother instructed him.
2 What hast thou done, O my son: and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my vows?
3 Give not unto women thy vigor, nor thy ways to those that ruin kings.
4 Not for kings, O Lemoel, not for kings it is fitting to drink wine, nor for princes, strong drink:
5 Lest either might drink, and forget what is written in the law, and pervert the cause of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those who have an embittered soul.
7 Let such a one drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his trouble no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all fatherless children.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and decide the cause of the poor and needy.