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Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

For I was my father"s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion"s whelps are scattered abroad.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.