My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of Yahweh,
And He watches all his tracks.
His own iniquities will capture him who is the wicked one,
And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast.
He will die for lack of discipline,
And in the abundance of his folly he will stumble in intoxication.

My son, pay attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them deviate from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them
And healing to all his flesh.
Guard your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Put away from you a perverse mouth
And put devious lips far from you.
Let your eyes look directly ahead
And even let your eyelids be fixed straight in front of you.
Watch the track of your feet
And all your ways will be established.
Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.

My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart guard my commandments;
For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.
Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
So you will find favor and good insight
In the eyes of God and man.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear Yahweh and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.

Honor Yahweh from your wealth
And from the first of all your produce;
So your barns will be filled with plenty
And your vats will burst with new wine.

My son, do not reject the discipline of Yahweh
Or loathe His reproof,
For whom Yahweh loves He reproves,
Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
To make your ear pay attention to wisdom,
Incline your heart to discernment;
For if you call out for understanding,
Give your voice for discernment;
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh
And find the knowledge of God.
For Yahweh gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and discernment.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright,
A shield to those who walk in integrity,
To guard the paths of justice,
And He keeps the way of His holy ones.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
And equity—every good track.
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion will keep you,
Discernment will guard you,
To deliver you from the way of evil

To know wisdom and discipline,
To understand the sayings of understanding,
To receive discipline that leads to insight,
Righteousness, justice, and equity,
To give prudence to the simple,
To the youth knowledge and discretion;
Let the wise man hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire guidance,
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Praise Yah!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty expanse.
Praise Him for His mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness.
Praise Him with trumpet blast;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Praise Him with resounding cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise Yah.
Praise Yah!

Praise Yah!
Sing to Yahweh a new song,
His praise in the assembly of the holy ones.
Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.
Let them praise His name with dancing;
With tambourine and lyre let them sing praises to Him.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all stars of light!
Praise Him, heavens of heavens,
And the waters that are above the heavens!
Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
For He commanded and they were created.
He caused them to stand forever and ever;
He gave a statute and it will never pass away.

Praise Yahweh from the earth,
Sea monsters and all deeps;
Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, doing His word;
Mountains and all hills;
Fruit trees and all cedars;
Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and winged bird;
Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
Both choice men as well as virgins;
The old with the young.
Let them praise the name of Yahweh,

For His name alone is set on high;
His splendor is above earth and heaven.
And He has raised up a horn for His people,
Praise for all His holy ones;
For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.
Praise Yah!

Praise Yah!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
Yahweh builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
He is the One who heals the brokenhearted
And who binds up their wounds,
Who counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.
Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
His discernment is infinite.
Yahweh helps up the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.

Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre.
He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds,
The One who provides rain for the earth,
The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,
Who gives to the animal its food,
And to the young ravens which call out.
He does not delight in the might of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
Yahweh is pleased with those who fear Him,
Those who wait for His lovingkindness.