<p class="poetry">by making<n id="1" /> your ear<n id="2" /> attentive to wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> by turning<n id="4" /> your heart<n id="5" /> to understanding,p>

<p class="poetry">Apply<n id="1" /> your heart to instructionp> <p class="poetry">and your ears to the words of knowledge.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My child,<n id="2" /> do not forget my teaching,p> <p class="poetry">but let your heart keep<n id="3" /> my commandments,p>

<p class="poetry">Guard your heart with all vigilance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for from it are the sources<n id="2" /> of life.p>

<p class="poetry">Bind them<n id="1" /> on your heart continually;p> <p class="poetry">fasten them around your neck.p>

<p class="poetry">Bind them on your forearm;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">write them on the tablet of your heart.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">do not wander into her pathways;p>

<p class="poetry">My child,<n id="1" /> if your heart is wise,p> <p class="poetry">then my heart also will be glad;p>

<p class="poetry">Listen, my child,<n id="1" /> and be wise,p> <p class="poetry">and guide your heart on the right way.p>

<p class="poetry">Give me your heart, my son,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and let your eyes observe my ways;p>

<p class="poetry">Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,p>

<p class="poetry">Pay careful attention to<n id="1" /> the condition of your flocks,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">give careful attention<n id="3" /> to your herds,p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let truth and mercy<n id="1" /> leave you;p> <p class="poetry">bind them around your neck,p> <p class="poetry">write them on the tablet of your heart.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Trust<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc> with all your heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not rely<n id="3" /> on your own understanding.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">he taught me, and he said to me:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Let your heart lay hold of my words;p> <p class="poetry">keep my commands so that<n id="1" /> you will live.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let your heart envy<n id="1" /> sinners,p> <p class="poetry">but rather be zealous in fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> all the time.p>