¹ Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

¹⁰ Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

⁹⁷ `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.

⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age.

⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

¹⁰ and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

¹ For `an object of' desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

⁷ The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

⁹ Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

³ An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

³² And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

¹⁷ I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

¹² And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

¹³ And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

¹⁰ For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

¹¹ Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

²⁷ The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

⁶ A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --