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The Commendation of Wisdom
Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?
Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?
The Excellence of Wisdom
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
And my voice is to the sons of men.
Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
“O naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand wisdom.
And, O fools, understand wisdom.
O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
“Listen, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
“For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
“All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
“They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
And right to those who find knowledge.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
“For wisdom is better than jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.
And I find knowledge and discretion.
I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.
I am understanding, power is mine.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.
“By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
And rulers decree justice.
By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;
“By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
All who judge rightly.
by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.
And those who diligently seek me will find me.
I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.
“Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.
Enduring wealth and righteousness.
Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.
“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.
And my yield better than choicest silver.
My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
“I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.
That I may fill their treasuries.
that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.
“The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
Before His works of old.
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
“From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
“When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
When there were no springs abounding with water.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;
Before the hills I was brought forth;
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
Nor the first dust of the world.
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
“When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
And having my delight in the sons of men.
rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed are they who keep my ways.
For blessed are they who keep my ways.
And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
And do not neglect it.
hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
“Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
“For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the LORD.
And obtains favor from the LORD.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;