By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone.

Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.