20 Wine^(A) is a mocker^(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray^(C) by them is not wise.^(D)

¹⁷ Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.^(A)

¹¹ Woe^(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.^(B)

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(B)

¹³ But see, there is joy and revelry,^(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(C)