In those days there was no sovereign in Yisra’ĕ
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
“Do not do as we are doing here today – each one doing whatever is right in his own eyes.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who listens to advice is wise.
And it came to be in those days, when there was no sovereign in Yisra’ĕ
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, But יהוה weighs the spirits.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart gladden you in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these Elohim brings you into right-ruling.
Who have said, “With our tongue we do mightily; Our lips are our own; Who is master over us?”
and said, “O יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕ
And He was Sovereign in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, the tribes of Yisra’ĕ
And these were the sovereigns who reigned in the land of Eḏ
