Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,

<p class="poetry">Every shrewd<n id="1" /> person acts with knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">but a fool displays<n id="2" /> his folly.p>

<p class="poetry">A wise person is cautious<n id="1" /> and turns from evil,p> <p class="poetry">but a fool throws off restraint<n id="2" /> and is overconfident.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wise child<n id="1" /> brings joy to his father,p> <p class="poetry">but a foolish person<n id="2" /> despises<n id="3" /> his mother.p>

<p class="poetry">There is desirable treasure and olive oil<n id="1" /> in the dwelling of the wise,p> <p class="poetry">but a foolish person<n id="2" /> devours all he has.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this;p> <p class="poetry">the fool does not understand this.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish kingp> <p class="poetry">who no longer knows how to receive advice.p>

<p class="poetry">(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion;p> <p class="poetry">he can turn the darkness into morningp> <p class="poetry">and daylight<n id="1" /> into night.p> <p class="poetry">He summons the water of the seasp> <p class="poetry">and pours it out on the earth&#8217;s surface.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is his name!p>