⁴ 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?”
⁵ For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed,
    and pervert the justice due to the poor.
⁶ Give strong liquor to one who is perishing,
    wine to the deeply depressed;