Thomson(i)
1 As for thee thou art to proclaim wisdom; that understanding may attend thee.
2 For she is on the lofty summits; and hath taken her stand in the middle of highways.
3 For at the gates of the mighty she hath taken a seat, and at the entrance thereof chanteth her song.
4 "To you, men, I call, and utter my voice to the sons of men.
5 Ye who are innocent learn discretion: and ye who are uninstructed give attention.
6 Hearken to me, for I will speak solemn things; and with my lips disclose things which are right.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; lying lips are indeed abominable in my sight.
8 All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; they have nothing crooked; nothing deceitful in them.
9 They are all plain to men of understanding: and right to them who find knowledge.
10 Receive instruction in preference to silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold.
11 For wisdom is better than precious stones: and no costly thing is equal to it in value.
12 I wisdom have inhabited counsel and knowledge; and I have made an appeal to understanding.
13 The fear of the Lord hateth injustice and insolence and haughtiness and the ways of the wicked: and I have hated the crooked ways of bad men.
14 To me belong counsel and safety. Prudence is mine; mine is fortitude.
15 By me kings reign and princes decree justice.
16 By me potentates are exalted; and by me sovereigns rule the earth.
17 Them who love me, I love: and they who seek me shall find me.
18 With me are riches and glory; even great possessions and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold and precious stones: and my productions are better than choice silver.
20 I walk in the ways of righteousness; and am conversant in the paths of judgment:
21 that I may distribute wealth to them who love me; and fill their treasuries with good things. Having told you things which happen daily; I will now remember to reckon up things of old.
22 The Lord created me, the beginning of his ways for his works.
23 Before this age he founded me; in the beginning; before he made the earth
24 and before he made the deeps: before the fountains of water issued forth;
25 before the mountains were established; and before all the hills, he bringeth me forth.
26 The Lord made fields and uninhabited wilds; and the habitable heights of the earth.
27 When he furnished the heaven, I was with him; and when he set apart his own throne on the winds:
28 and when he strengthened the clouds above:
29 and when he secured the fountains of the earth below; And when he made the foundations of the earth strong:
30 I was harmonizing with him. I was the one in whom he delighted;
31 and I was daily gladdened by his presence on all occasions; when he finished the World and was pleased therewith; and when he was pleased with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore, my son hearken to me:
33 [Omitted]
34 happy is the man who will hearken to me: and the man who will keep my ways; watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.
36 But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."