Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;

To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;

To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;

To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.

Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness.

To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

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

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

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

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.

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

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

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

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

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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;

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

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

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

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

Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;