For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.

If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.

Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.

I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!

The abomination of Yahweh, are they of perverse heart, but, his delight, are the men of blameless life.

Overthrown are the lawless and they are not, but, the house of the righteous, shall stand.

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.

Divers weights, and divers measures, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.

For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.

They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.

They smote me - I felt no pain, They struck me down - I noticed it not, - When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

A prudent man, seeth calamity - he hideth himself, the simple, pass on - they suffer.

They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.

Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.

When lawless men rise, a common man will hide himself, but, when they perish, righteous men multiply.

Blood-thirsty men, hate the blameless man, and, as for the upright, they seek his life.

Four, things there are, the small of the earth, - yet, they, are wiser than the wise:

The ants, a people, not strong, - yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

King, is there none, to, the locusts, - yet go forth in swarms, do they all;