^29 (A)Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who ^(B)has redness of eyes?
^30 (C)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of ^(D)mixed wine.
³¹ Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it ^[a]swirls around smoothly;
³² At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
³³ Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
³⁴ Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the ^[b]midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
³⁵ “They^(E) have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall ^(F)I awake, that I may seek another drink?”

² What, my son?
And what, son of my womb?
And what, ^(A)son of my vows?
^3 (B)Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways ^(C)to that which destroys kings.

^4 (D)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
^5 (E)Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all ^[a]the afflicted.