2A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
3The eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.
4The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
8But the noble devises noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
