No more will the fool be called noble, nor the deceiver be considered honorable.
You, O Lord, protect us always; preserve us from this generation.
Who disdains the wicked, but honors those who fear the Lord; Who keeps an oath despite the cost,
The deceits of the deceiver are evil, he plans devious schemes: To ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case.
Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!
Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.
My lord, do not pay any attention to that scoundrel Nabal, for he is just like his name. His name means fool, and he acts the fool. I, your maidservant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.