What will happen when the great king comes

32 Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king,

and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly.

2 Each of them will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind

and a ◄refuge/place to be protected► from the storm.

They will be like [SIM] streams of water in the desert,

like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.

3 When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood [MET] God’s truth to understand it,

and they will enable those who have not paid attention to [MET] God’s truth to pay attention to it.

4 Even those who act very hastily will have good sense,

and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.

5 At that time, people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be ◄admired/looked up to►,

and scoundrels will no longer be respected.

6 Foolish people say things that are foolish,

and they plan to do evil things.

Their behavior is disgraceful,

and they say things about Yahweh that are false.

They do not give food to those who are hungry,

and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.

7 Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people;

they plan to do evil things;

by telling lies in court they cause poor people to ◄have trouble/be convicted►,

even when what the poor people are requesting is fair/just.

8 But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things,

and they do the honorable/good things that they plan to do.