4. “It is not for kings, Lemuel.It is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to crave liquor.
5. Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreedand change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.
6. Give liquor to a person who is dyingand wine to one who feels resentful.
7. Such a person drinksand forgets his povertyand does not remember his trouble anymore.
8. “Speak out for the one who cannot speak,for the rights of those who are doomed.