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It is not for kings, L’mu’el,
    not for kings to drink wine;
it is not for rulers to ask,
    “Where can I find strong liquor?”
For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed,
    and pervert the justice due to the poor.
Give strong liquor to one who is perishing,
    wine to the deeply depressed;

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