For they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (A)pervert the [a]rights of all the [b]afflicted.
Give strong drink to him who is (B)perishing,
And wine to him [c](C)whose life is bitter.
Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction
  3. Proverbs 31:6 Lit bitter of soul