²⁷ Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;
    after that, build your house.

⁴ Remove the dross from the silver,
    and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
⁵ remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,^(A)
    and his throne will be established^(B) through righteousness.^(C)

¹⁵ Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,^(A)
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.^(B)

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

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor with fairness,
    his throne will be established forever.^(A)