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15 The fool is so worn out by a hard day’s work
    he cannot even find his way home at night.[a]
16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth
    and your princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobility
    and your princes feast at the proper time—
        to gain strength and not to get drunk.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Or “for he knows not to go to a city”