Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.

Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself , And disclose not the secret of another;

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;

And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.