¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

¹³ Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

¹⁴ But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

¹⁵ This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

¹⁶ For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

¹⁷ But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

⁵ But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

⁷ Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

⁵ Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

⁶ Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

²² But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

⁸ The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

⁹⁴ I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

⁶⁶ Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

³⁴ Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

²⁹ Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.

¹⁸ Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

¹⁹ I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.

¹¹ I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

¹⁶ O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

⁷ In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

⁸ And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

⁹ Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

¹⁰ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?