Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.

My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

“To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.