¹⁵ “Does it make you a king
    to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
    He did what was right and just,^(A)
    so all went well^(B) with him.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous it will be well^(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.^(B)

¹⁷ Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.^(A)

⁵ remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,^(A)
    and his throne will be established^(B) through righteousness.^(C)

⁴ By justice a king gives a country stability,^(A)
    but those who are greedy for^[a] bribes tear it down.