CLV(i)
1 My son, if you take my words And store up my instructions within you,
2 Attending with your ear to wisdom, And you stretch out your heart to comprehension,
3 Indeed if you call out for understanding, And you lift up your voice for comprehension,
4 If you seek it as for silver And search for it as for buried treasures,
5 Then you shall understand the fear of Yahweh, And you shall find the knowledge of God."
6 For Yahweh Himself gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and comprehension;
7 He stores up sagacity for the upright, A shield for those walking with integrity,
8 So as to preserve the paths of judgment, And so He may guard the way of His benign ones."
9 Then you shall understand righteousness and right judgment, And you shall be upright in every good route;"
10 For wisdom shall come into your heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant to your soul."
11 Foresight, it shall guard you; Comprehension, it shall preserve you,