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² What are you doing, my son?^[a] What are you doing, ^(a)son of my womb?
    What are you doing, ^(b)son of my vows?
³ Do ^(c)not give your strength to women,
    your ways to those ^(d)who destroy kings.
^4 (e)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
    it is not for kings ^(f)to drink wine,
    or for rulers to take ^(g)strong drink,
⁵ lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
    and ^(h)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
⁶ Give strong drink to the one who ⁽ⁱ⁾is perishing,
    and wine to ^(j)those in bitter distress;^[b]
7 (k)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.
^8 (l)Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.^[c]
9 Open your mouth, ^(m)judge righteously,
    ⁽ⁿ⁾defend the rights of ^(o)the poor and needy.

^{10 [d] (p)}An excellent wife who can find?
    She is far more precious than ^(q)jewels.
¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her,
    and he will have no lack of gain.
¹² She does him good, and not harm,
    all the days of her life.
¹³ She ^(r)seeks wool and flax,
    and works with willing hands.
¹⁴ She is like the ships of the merchant;
    she brings her food from afar.
¹⁵ She ^(s)rises while it is yet night
    and ^(t)provides food for her household
    and portions for her maidens.
¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;
    with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She ^(u)dresses herself^[e] with strength
    and makes her arms strong.
¹⁸ She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
    Her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹ She puts her hands to the distaff,
    and her hands hold the spindle.
²⁰ She ^(v)opens her hand to ^(w)the poor
    and reaches out her hands to ^(x)the needy.
²¹ She is not afraid of snow for her household,
    for all her household are clothed in ^(y)scarlet.^[f]
22 She makes ^(z)bed coverings for herself;
    her clothing is ^(aa)fine linen and ^(ab)purple.
²³ Her husband is known in ^(ac)the gates
    when he sits among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes ^(ad)linen garments and sells them;
    she delivers sashes to the merchant.
^25 (ae)Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.
²⁶ She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
²⁷ She looks well to the ways of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children rise up and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
²⁹ "Many ^(af)women have done ^(ag)excellently,
    but you surpass them all."
^30 (ah)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands,
    and let her works praise her in the gates.