^{15 Ref} Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

^{16 Ref} Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.

¹⁷ Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

^{18 Ref} Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

^{19 Ref} A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

^{20 Ref} And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

^{21 Ref} For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

^{15 Ref} Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

^{16 Ref} Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

¹⁷ Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

^{18 Ref} Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

^{19 Ref} `As' a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

^{20 Ref} For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

^{21 Ref} For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.