^{18 Ref} Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

^{19 Ref} As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

^{20 Ref} Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

^{21 Ref} For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

^{18 Ref} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

^{19 Ref} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

^{20 Ref} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

^{21 Ref} For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.