<p class="poetry">Who can say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I have kept my heart clean;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am pure<n id="3" /> from my sin&#8221;?p>

<p class="poetry">And you will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!p> <p class="poetry">My heart spurned reproof!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">When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I received instruction from what I saw:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be wise, my son,<n id="1" /> and make my heart glad,p> <p class="poetry">so that I may answer<n id="2" /> anyone who taunts me.<n id="3" />p>