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Then the eyes of those who see will ·see the truth [not be closed],
    and the ears of those who hear will listen.
·People who are now worried [or Those who are reckless; L The heart of the hasty] will be able to understand.
    ·Those who cannot speak clearly now [The stuttering/stammering tongue] will then be able to speak clearly and quickly.
Fools will not be called ·great [noble; honorable],
    and people will not respect the ·wicked [scoundrel; deceiver].
A fool says foolish things,
    and in his ·mind [heart] he ·plans evil [or commits sin].
A fool ·does things that are wicked [practices ungodliness],
    and he ·says wrong things [spreads error] about the Lord.
A fool does not feed the hungry
    or let thirsty people drink water.
The ·wicked person [scoundrel] uses evil ·like a tool [or schemes; methods].
    He plans ·ways [wicked schemes] to take everything from the poor.
He destroys the poor with lies,
    even when the ·poor person [needy] ·is in the right [L speak justice].
But a ·good leader plans to do good [honorable/noble man plans honorable/noble things],
    and those ·good [honorable; noble] things make him ·a good leader [or stand firm].

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