² Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
    he who provokes him forfeits his life.^[a]

⁴ The lazy person will not plow in season;
    he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows all evil with his eyes.

¹² The ear that hears and the eye that sees,
    Yahweh has made them both.^[a]

¹⁴ “Bad, bad,” the buyer will say,
    but when one goes to him, then he will boast.

¹⁶ Take his garment, for he has given security to a stranger,
    and on behalf of a foreigner—take it as pledge.

²⁶ A wise king winnows the wicked,
    and he will drive a wheel over them.