<p class="poetry">The house he builds is as fragile as a moth&#8217;s cocoon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a hut<n id="2" /> that a watchman has made.p>

<p class="poetry">Then make sure you don&#8217;t speak evil words<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or use deceptive speech!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My child, do not let them<n id="1" /> escape from your sight;p> <p class="poetry">safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.<n id="2" />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">My child, guard the commands of your fatherp> <p class="poetry">and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who guards his words<n id="1" /> guards his life,p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="2" /> whoever is talkative<n id="3" /> will come to ruin.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The highway<n id="1" /> of the upright is to turn<n id="2" /> away from evil;p> <p class="poetry">the one who guards<n id="3" /> his way safeguards his life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who tends a fig tree<n id="1" /> will eat its fruit,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and whoever takes care of<n id="3" /> his master will be honored.p>

<p class="poetry">All of your people will be godly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will possess the land permanently.p> <p class="poetry">I will plant them like a shoot;p> <p class="poetry">they will be the product of my labor,p> <p class="poetry">through whom I reveal my splendor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> I have sinned &#8211; what have I done to you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O watcher of men?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why have you set me as your target?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have I become a burden to you?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Love the <sc>Lordsc>, all you faithful followers<n id="1" /> of his!p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects those who have integrity,p> <p class="poetry">but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.<n id="2" />p>

keeping loyal love for thousands,<n id="1" /> forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression<n id="2" /> of fathers by dealing with children and children&#8217;s children, to the third and fourth generation.&#8221;p>