It is not for kings, Lemuel—
    it is not for kings to drink wine,(A)
    not for rulers to crave beer,

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lest they drink(A) and forget what has been decreed,(B)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.

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