⁸ Better is little with righteousness
    than great income with no justice.

¹⁰ A decision is upon the lips of a king;
    in judgment his mouth will not sin.

¹² An abomination to kings is doing evil,
    for by righteousness the throne will be established.
¹³ The delight of kings are the lips of righteousness,
    and he who speaks what is upright he will love.
¹⁴ The wrath of a king is a messenger of death,
    but one who is wise will appease^[a] it.
¹⁵ In the light of the face of the king there is life,
    and his favor is like a cloud of spring rain.