¹ A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

² The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee.

³ Thy wife `is' as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

¹⁰ A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.

²⁴ Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

⁹ For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

²⁰ A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

⁴ The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

⁵ doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

⁶ rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

⁷ all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

⁸ The love doth never fail; and whether `there be' prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

⁶ Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

¹ The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

² honour thy father and mother,

³ which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

⁴ And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

²⁵ Strength and honour `are' her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

²⁶ Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue.

²⁷ She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

²⁸ Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

²⁹ `Many `are' the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

³⁰ The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

³¹ Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

³ Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb.

¹³ As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.