¹⁴ To a despiser of his friends `is' shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

¹⁷ At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

³ be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

² of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

²⁹ Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is stumbled, and I am not fired;

²⁶ and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with `it' do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with `it' do all the members;

¹⁵ to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

⁴⁰ And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?

¹ To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes,

² For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

³ The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

²¹ Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.

⁵ I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

⁴ Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

³ Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

⁴ The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

⁵ But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

¹¹ And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;