²⁰ My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

¹ My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

¹ My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.

⁵ While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

¹ An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

¹² To number our days aright let `us' know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.