<p class="poetry">Fools mock<n id="1" /> at reparation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but among the upright there is favor.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the one who finds me finds<n id="1" /> lifep> <p class="poetry">and receives<n id="2" /> favor from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">The lips of the righteous know<n id="1" /> what is pleasing,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the speech<n id="3" /> of the wicked is perverse.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> dishonest scales,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but an accurate weight<n id="3" /> is his delight.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> those who are perverse in heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who are blameless in their ways<n id="3" /> are his delight.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who diligently seeks<n id="1" /> good seeks favor,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who searches<n id="2" /> for evil &#8211; it will come to him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A good person obtains favor from the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> condemns a person with wicked schemes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> abhors a person who lies,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who deal truthfully<n id="3" /> are his delight.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The king shows favor<n id="1" /> to a wise<n id="2" /> servant,p> <p class="poetry">but his wrath falls<n id="3" /> on one who acts shamefully.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> the sacrifices<n id="2" /> of the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the prayer<n id="4" /> of the upright pleases him.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The delight of kings<n id="1" /> is righteous counsel,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and they love the one who speaks<n id="3" /> uprightly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the light of the king&#8217;s face<n id="1" /> there is life,p> <p class="poetry">and his favor is like the clouds<n id="2" /> of the spring rain.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who finds<n id="1" /> a wife finds what is enjoyable,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and receives a pleasurable gift<n id="3" /> from the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A king&#8217;s wrath is like<n id="1" /> the roar of a lion,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but his favor is like dew on the grass.<n id="3" />p>