“When a land rebels
It has many rulers.
But with an intelligent ruler
There is lasting order.
A ruler who oppresses the poor
Is like a beating rain that leaves no food.
Those who forsake the law
Praise the wicked.
But those who keep the law
Struggle against them.
The evil people
Do not understand justice.
But those who seek Yahweh
Understand it completely.”
The problem with a revolution is that that there are too many leaders and no one ruler. An intelligent ruler will bring lasting order. If you oppress the poor people, you are like a heavy torrential rain that destroys crops. Anyone who forsakes the law praises the wicked ones. Those who keep the law struggle against them. The evil people do not understand justice, while the Yahweh seekers completely understand the law.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 