For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Thou wilt not give, O Jehovah, the desires of the unjust one: thou wilt not bring forth his device; they will be lifted up. Silence.

O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Thou wilt not incline my heart to an evil word, to work works in injustice with men doing iniquity: and I will not eat upon their dainties.

For to thee, O Jehovah my Lord, are mine eyes: in thee I put my trust; thou wilt not make my soul naked.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

And thou wilt not come into judgment with thy servant, for all living shall not be justified before thee.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,

And in thy mercy thou wilt cut off mine enemies, and thou destroyedst all those pressing my soul: for I am thy servant

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

O Jehovah, incline thy heavens, and thou wilt come down: touch upon the mountains and they shall smoke.

Flash forth lightning, that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows, that thou mayest confound them:

Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:

Thou wild-beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing;

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, 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.

Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh.

For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Thou shalt not withhold good from those possessing it in its being to the power of thy hand to do.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Thou shalt not contend with man to no purpose, if he did thee no evil

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.

Thou shalt not forsake her, and she will watch thee: love her, and she will guard thee.

The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

Reject it, thou shalt not pass in it; turn aside from it and pass by.

My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;

Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

Thou shalt not decline to the right and the left: turn away thy foot from evil

My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house:

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Thou shalt not give sleep to thine eyes, and slumber to thine eyelashes.

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

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

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee.

Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live.

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