Re Divine Bounty. PSALMS. the LORD; a and let all flesh bless his holy a Re.5.13. same for ever and ever. PSALM CXLVI. PRAISE 1 ye the LORD. Praise b the 1 Hallelujah. 2 Hallelujah. 2 While cI live will I praise the LORD: C Ps. 104.33. d Ps.103.20. 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 2Co.12.2. k Is.43.20. 6 Which i made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keep-m Ps.68.6. eth truth for ever; 107.14. 7 Which executeth judgment for the n Mat.9.30. oppressed: which giveth food to the hun- Jno.9.6,&c. gry. The LORD looseth m the prisoners. 1Pe.2.9. 8The LORD n openeththe eyes of the blind: o Ps. 147.6. the LORD raiseth them o that are bowed Lu.13.13. down: the LORD loveth the righteous. A birds of 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; wing. he p relieveth the fatherless and widow: p Pr.15.25. but the way of the wicked he q turneth 9 Job 5.12,13. upside down. Pr.4.19. 10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even r Ps.8.1. thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Is.12.4. Praise ye the LORD. 5 exalted. & Ps.92.1. PSALM CXLVII. PRAISE ye the LORD: for it is s good t Ep.2.13,17. 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts u of Israel. 3 He v healeth the broken in heart, and Dindeth up their wounds. An Invitation to Praise tion; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXLVIII. PRAISE 2 ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise d ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens g of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: h for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, k and all deeps: 8 Fire, and hail; snow and vapours. stormy wind fulfilling his word: 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitfu trees, and all cedars: 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and 4 flying fowl: 11 Kings of the earth, and all people princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 Both young men and maidens; ola men and children. 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for r his name alone is 5 excellen his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his peou De.30.3,4.ple, the praise of all his saints, even of v Is.61.1. the children of Israel, a people near t unto 6 Hallelujah. him. Praise ye the LORD. 7 griefs. to Ps. 100.3. of his understanding there is no number. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our LORD, and of great power: 8 his understanding x is infinite. x Is.40.28. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: y he y Ps.25.9. casteth the wicked down to the ground. Mat.5.5. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; 1Pe.3.4. sing praise upon the harp unto our God; or, with the 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, pipe. who prepareth rain for the earth, who z Ps. 147.11. maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. a Job 38.41. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and Mat.6.26. to the young ravens a which cry. 1 throat. 10 He delighteth not in the strength of b He.4.12. the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the c Is.62.4. legs of a man. Mal.3.16,17. 11 The c LORD taketh pleasure in them 2 Hallelujah. that fear him, in those that hope in his d Ps.115.14. mercy. 3 who maketh thy border peace. 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children d within thee. fat of wheat, De.32.14. 19 He h sheweth his word "untoJacob,his i Mal.4.4. statutes i and his judgments unto Israel. Re.5.13. 20 He k hath not dealt so with any na-k De.4.32-34. PSALM CXLIX. PRAISE 6 ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that we made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his name 9 in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For z the LORD taketh pleasure in hir people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their 1 mouth, and a two-edged bsword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;" 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron. 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CL. PRAISE 2 ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound f of the trumpet: 5 praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: 6 praise him with stringed in struments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud g cymbals praise him upon the high-sounding cym bals. 6 Let j every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD CHAP. I. The PROVERBS. THE proverbs b of Solomon, the son of David, King of Israel; B. C. 1000. I will not answer; they shall seek mo early, but they shall not find me: b 1Ki.4.32. 2 To know wisdom and instruction; Ec. 12.9. to perceive the words of understanding; c Job 21.14. 3 To d receive the instruction of wis- d c.2.1,9. dom, justice, and judgment, and 1 equity; e c.6.23. 4 To give subtilty to the simple, g to the 1 equities. young h man knowledge and 2 discretion. f Je.2. 19. 5 A wise man will hear, and will in- 6.19. crease learning; and a man of under-g c.9.4, &c. standing shall attam unto wise counsels; h Ps. 119.9. 6 To understand a proverb, and 4 the 2 or, adviseinterpretation, the words of the wise, ment. and their dark i sayings. 7 The fear of the LORD is the 5 beginning k of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an 6 ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent n thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive, as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 3 or, ease. i Ps.49.4. 78.2. 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all g 1Sa.2.9. have one purse. Jude 24. 15 My son, walk r not thou in the way r Ps.1.1. with them; refrain t thy foot from theirs Ps.119.99. path: 6 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 (Surely in vain the net is spread in the 8 sight of any bird:) 18 And theylay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 Sou are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 20 9 Wisdom v crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets; 29 For that they hated c knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:" 30 They would none of my counsel; they despised all my e reproof: 31 Therefore f shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the 3 turning away of the sim. ple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shail dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. CHAP. II. MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline m thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for unde standing: 4 If thou seekest her as silver, o and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God: 6 For p the Load giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, t Ps.119.101.every good path. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine. heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, 9 wisdoms, 23 Turn you at my reproof; behold, I b Mal.2.14. 25 But ye have set at nought all my 14.12. Eze.8.18. Mi.3.4. 1 or, plucked up. 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee; 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk w in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and de light x in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, y and they froward in their paths; 16 To deliver thee from the z strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant bo her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead; 19 Noned that go unto her return again. neither take they hold of the paths of life; 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off frei the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted 1 out of it. S 409 2 For c length of days, and 1 long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee bind them about thy neck; write f them upon the table of thine heart: b Is.51.7. Je.31.33. c De.30.16,20. 1Ti.4.8. 1 years of. d Zec.5.4. 4 So shalt thou find favour and good 2 un-e Job 8.6,7. derstanding in the sight of God and man. f 2Co.3.3. 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine 2 or, success. neart; and lean not h unto thine own un-g Da. 12.3. derstanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. S It shall be health to thy navel, marrow 5 to thy bones. and 3 exalteth the fools. h Je.10.23. 4 medicine. 9 Honour the LORD with thy sub-5 watering, stance, and with the first-fruits m of all thine increase: or, moistening. 10 Son shall thy barns be filled with 1 1Ch.28.9. plenty, and thy presses shall burst out m Ex.22.29. with new wine. Mal.3.10-12. 11 My o son, despise not the chastening n Ec.11.1,2. of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth, eren as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 13 Happy p is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that 6 getteth understanding: 14 For q the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and r the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Mat.10.42. o He.12.5,6. Re.3.19. p c.8.35,36. 6 draweth out. Ph.3.8.9. or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory. r Ps. 19.10. Job 28.13,&c t c.8. 18. u Ps.119.165. Mat.11.29. v Ge.3.22,24. Re.22.2. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand richest and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are u peace. 18 She is a tree v of life to them that ay hold upon her; and happy is every w Ps. 1.1. one that retaineth her. x Je.51.15. 19 The LORD by wisdom x hath founded 8 or, prepared the earth; by understanding hath he y Ge.7.11. established the heavens. z Job 36.27. 20 By his knowledge the depths are bro-a Ps.84.7. keny up, &the clouds drop down thez dew. Ph.2.15. 21 My son, let not them depart from b Jno. 12.35. thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and dis- c Le.26.6. cretion. d Ps.127.2. e Ps.112.7. 9 medicine. f 1Sa.2.9. 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When c thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep d shall be sweet. 25 Be e not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and ƒ shall keep thy foot from being taken. 1 above all keeping. 2 the owners thereof. 3 frowardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips. Ro.13.7. h Ga.6.10. i Le.19.13. 4or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright. or, practise no evil. k c.25.8. 6 a man of violence. 27 Withhold not good from 2 them to whom it is due, g when h it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say i not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise 5 not evil against thy neigh-5 bour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive k not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not 6 the oppressor, and Parental Instructions. choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination te the LORD but his secret a is with the righteous. 33 The d curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but e he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorner: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise g shall inherit glor; but shame shall 3 be the promotion of ools. CHAP. IV. HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know under. standing. 2 For I give you good doctrine, i for sake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender k and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding; for get it not: neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing: there fore get wisdom: and with all thy get ting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an orna ment of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my say. ings; & the years of thy life shall be many. 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 14 Enter w not into the path of the wick. ed, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wicked ness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But a the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness, they b know not at what they stumble. 20 My son, attend to my words; in cline thine ear unto my sayings: 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart: 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and 9 health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart 1 with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee 3 a froward mouth, & perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and 4 let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. CHAP. V. MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding 2 That thou mayest regard discretion Cautions against Sensuality. and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For a the lips of a strange woman drop as an honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: PROVERBS, VII. B. C. 1000. a c.6.24. b Ec.7.26. 4 But her end is bitter bas wormwood, c Job 15.12. sharp d as a two-edged sword. d Ps.55.21. e c.7.27. f Is.57.20. 1 casteth forth. g Ro.16.17. 7 Hear me now, therefore, O ye chil- h c.1.27. dren, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 5 Her e feet go down to death, her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them: i Je.19.11. k 2Ch.36.16. 2 of his soul. 3 haughty eyes. 1 Ps. 18.27. m Ps.120.3,4. Re 22.15. 7 2K1.24.3,4. Is.1.15. o Mi.2.1. 4 strength. p Is.59.7. q He.13.4. r c.19.9. 8 3Jno.9.10. 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst t Zec.7.11-14. of the congregation and assembly. u Ep.6.1. 15Drink waters out of thine own xcistern, v c.1.25. and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house; 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, q when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How t have I hated instruction, and my heart despised v reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice with the wife a of thy youth. 6.23. 12.1. wDa.11.18-21 x 1Co.7.2. 5 01, candle. y Ps.119.105. strange 19 Let b her be as the loving hind and tongue. pleasant roe; let her breasts 7 satisfy theez Mat.5.28. at all times, and 9 be thou ravished al-a Mal.2.14. ways with her love. b Ca.2.9. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ra- 7.3-8. vished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For f the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. water. c c.29.3. d Ge.39.14,&c 8 woman of a man, or, a 22 His own iniquities shall take the man's wife. wicked himself, and he shall be holden 9 err thou with the cords of his 1 sins. always in. 29 He g shall die without instruction; e Eze.13.18. and in the greatness of his folly he shall ƒ 2Ch.16.9. go astray. CHAP. VI. MY son, if thou be surety h for thyfriend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Job 31.4. Je.16.17. 32.19. Hos.7.2. He.4.13. 2 Thou art snared with the words of 1 sin. thy mouth, thou art taken with the words g Job 36.12. of thy mouth. c.10.21. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver A c.11.15. thyself, when thou art come into the 17.18. nand of thy friend; go, humble thy-] 22.26. self, and make sure thy friend. 2 heart. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor i He.13.4. slumber to thine eyelids. k Ca.8.6. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Goo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 3 accept the face of. 4 or, so shalt thou prevail with. 1 c.2.1,7. m Le.18.5. S Provideth her meat in the summer, 14.55.3. and gathereth her food in the harvest. n De.32.10. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? o Job 12.7. when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet qa little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. P De.6.8. c.6.21. qc.24.33,34. The seven Abominations. 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He cwinketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he fdeviseth mischief continually; he 1 soweth discord.g 15 Therefore h shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be i broken without k remedy. 16 These six things doth the LORD hate; yea, seven are an abomination 2 unto him: 17 A 3 proud look, la lying m tongue, and hands n that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart o that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet p that be swift in running to mischief, 19 Ar false witness that speakethlies,and he s that soweth discord among brethren. 20 My son, keep u thy father's commandment,and forsake not thela wof thymother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When w thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a 5 lamp, and the law is light;y and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the 6 tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust z not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids : 26 For c by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread, and d the adulteress 8 will hunt e for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt ? 29 So he that goeth in to his neigh bour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: 31 But if he be found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh 2 understanding: he that i doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy k is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not 3 regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. CHAP. VII. MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2. Keep m my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple n of thine eye. 3 Bind p them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, The Victim of Seduction. PROVERBS, IX. discerned among the 1 youths, a young | B. C. 1000. man, void a of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner:and he went the wayc to her house; 9 In the twilight, in the 2 evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtile of heart. 11 (She is loud f and stubborn;g her feet habide not in her house: sons. 2Ti.2.19. c c.5.9. 12 Now is she without, now in the evening of streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) the day. 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, d Ec.7.19. and 3 with an impudent face saiduntohim, e Da.2.21. 14 I have peace-offerings with me; Ro.13.1. this day have I payed my vows: f c.9.13. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, g Je.3.3. diligently to seek thy face; and I have h 1Ti.5.13. found thee. Ti.2.5. 16 I have decked my bed with cover-i 1Sa.2.30. ings of tapestry, with carved works, with Jno.14.21. fine linen m of Egypt. k Is.45.19. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace our selves with loves: 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money 6 with him, and will come home at 7 the day appointed. 21 With much fair speech q she caused him to yield, with the flattering r of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her 2 straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 3 Mat.6.33. The Invitation of Wisdom. and find out knowledge of witty inven tions. 13 The b fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have d strength. 15 By me e kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; and those k that seek me early shall find me. 18 Riches land honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness: 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. 20 I 5 lead in the way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment: 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. 22 The n LORD possessed me in the beshe strength-ginning of his way,before his works of old. ened her 23 I was set up o from everlasting, from face, & said. the beginning, or ever the earth was. 4 peace-offer. ings are upon me. 6 3 or, open places. 23 Till a dart strike through his liver, 24 Hearken unto me now, therefore, Or Ps. 12.2. 27 Her x house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. CHAP. VIII. w Ju.16.19-30 DOTH y not wisdom cry? and under-x c.5.5. standing put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths; 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors; 3 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 50a ye simple, understand wisdom, and ye fools, b be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of c excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. y c.1.20. 9.3,&c. 6.9-11. c Ps. 19.7-11. 9 They are all plain to him i that under-g Ps. 12.6. 10 Receive k my instruction, and not sil-k c.23.23. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no foun tains abounding with water. 25 Before p the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the 8 fields, nor the 9 highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When s he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a 1 compass upon the face of the depth; 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the foun. tains of the deep; 29 When u he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment; when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I v was daily his de light, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed z is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall 3 obtain favour of the LORD. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. CHAP. IX. WISDOM hath builded her house, d she 3 She h hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city. 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, m eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |