²⁰ That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

⁶³ A companion I `am' to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

¹¹⁵ Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

²⁰ Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

⁷ Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

⁸ If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

¹⁶ Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where `is' this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'

¹¹ Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;