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THE WORDS OF SOVEREIGN LEMU EL
The words of sovereign Lemu El; the burden his mother disciplined him: 2 What, my bar? and what, the bar of my belly? and what, the bar of my vows? 3 Neither give your valour to women nor your ways to wiping out sovereigns. 4 Not for sovereigns, O Lemu El, neither for sovereigns, to drink wine; nor for potentates, intoxicants: 5 lest they drink and forget the statute and alter the plea of any of the sons of humiliation. 6 Give intoxicants to those destructing and wine to the bitter of soul 7 to drink and forget his poverty to remember his toil no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute for the plea of all sons of survivors: 9 open your mouth, judge justness and plead the cause of the humble and needy. 10 Who finds a virtuous woman? yes, her price is far above pearls; 11 the heart of her master confides in her; he lacks no spoil; 12 she deals him good and not evil all the days of her life: 13 she seeks wool and flax and works her palms with delight; 14 she is as the ships of merchants; she brings her bread from afar; 15 she rises while it is yet night and gives the prey to her household and a statute to her lasses: 16 she is intrigued by a field and takes it; with the fruit of her palms she plants a vineyard; 17 she girds her loins with strength and strengthens her arms; 18 she tastes that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night; 19 she spreads her hands to the spindle and her palms uphold the spindle; 20 she spreads her palm to the humble; yes, she spreads her hands to the needy; 21 she awes not the snow for her household; for all her household are enrobed with scarlet: 22 she works herself spreads; her robe is fine linen and purple: 23 her master is known in the portals, when he settles among the elders of the land: 24 she works wraps and sells; and gives girdles to the Kenaaniy: 25 strength and majesty are her robe; and she laughs the day after: 26 she opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the torah of mercy: 27 she watches the ways of her household and eats not the bread of sloth: 28 her sons rise and call her blithesome; her master halals her: 29 many daughters work virtuously, you ascend them all. 30 Charism is false and beauty is vain; Halal the woman who awes Yah Veh! 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands. Her own works halal her in the portals!
THE WORDS OF SOVEREIGN LEMU EL
The words of sovereign Lemu El; the burden his mother disciplined him: 2 What, my bar? and what, the bar of my belly? and what, the bar of my vows? 3 Neither give your valour to women nor your ways to wiping out sovereigns. 4 Not for sovereigns, O Lemu El, neither for sovereigns, to drink wine; nor for potentates, intoxicants: 5 lest they drink and forget the statute and alter the plea of any of the sons of humiliation. 6 Give intoxicants to those destructing and wine to the bitter of soul 7 to drink and forget his poverty to remember his toil no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute for the plea of all sons of survivors: 9 open your mouth, judge justness and plead the cause of the humble and needy. 10 Who finds a virtuous woman? yes, her price is far above pearls; 11 the heart of her master confides in her; he lacks no spoil; 12 she deals him good and not evil all the days of her life: 13 she seeks wool and flax and works her palms with delight; 14 she is as the ships of merchants; she brings her bread from afar; 15 she rises while it is yet night and gives the prey to her household and a statute to her lasses: 16 she is intrigued by a field and takes it; with the fruit of her palms she plants a vineyard; 17 she girds her loins with strength and strengthens her arms; 18 she tastes that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night; 19 she spreads her hands to the spindle and her palms uphold the spindle; 20 she spreads her palm to the humble; yes, she spreads her hands to the needy; 21 she awes not the snow for her household; for all her household are enrobed with scarlet: 22 she works herself spreads; her robe is fine linen and purple: 23 her master is known in the portals, when he settles among the elders of the land: 24 she works wraps and sells; and gives girdles to the Kenaaniy: 25 strength and majesty are her robe; and she laughs the day after: 26 she opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the torah of mercy: 27 she watches the ways of her household and eats not the bread of sloth: 28 her sons rise and call her blithesome; her master halals her: 29 many daughters work virtuously, you ascend them all. 30 Charism is false and beauty is vain; Halal the woman who awes Yah Veh! 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands. Her own works halal her in the portals!