The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her:

“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

“All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her: