Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

Who gives salvation to kings,
Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.

The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,
And Your godly ones shall bless You.

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

The eyes of all look to You,
And You give them their food in due time.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

I will praise the Lord while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.

Who executes justice for the oppressed;
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free.

The Lord will reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

He counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.

The Lord supports the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens which cry.

He sends forth His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.

He sends forth His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

And He has lifted up a horn for His people,
Praise for all His godly ones;
Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.
Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.

Let them praise His name with dancing;
Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.

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

To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,

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

To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the Lord!

Praise Him for His mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,

To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;

To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,

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

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And ornaments about your neck.

My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,

For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

“Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.

“But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;

From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;

To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;

None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.

So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.

My son, do not forget my teaching,
But let your heart keep my commandments;

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

Do not let kindness and truth leave you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.

Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.

My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His reproof,

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.

By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the skies drip with dew.

So they will be life to your soul
And adornment to your neck.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.

For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But He is intimate with the upright.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

For I give you sound teaching;
Do not abandon my instruction.

When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Then he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.

For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body.

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.

My son, give attention to my wisdom,
Incline your 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 of Sheol.

Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,

Or you will give your vigor to others
And your years to the cruel one;

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.

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

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.