1. The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
2. What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
3. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
4. Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
5. And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
6. Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
7. Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.