<p class="poetry">As for me, I will wait continually,p> <p class="poetry">and will continue to praise you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Will the Lord reject me forever?p> <p class="poetry">Will he never again show me his favor?p>

<p class="poetry">Yet they continued to sin against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rebelled against the sovereign One<n id="1" /> in the desert.p>

<p class="poetry">He established the earth on its foundations;p> <p class="poetry">it will never be upended.p>

<p class="poetry">How will he severely punish you,p> <p class="poetry">you deceptive talker?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">(Let the wise also<n id="1" /> hear<n id="2" /> and gain<n id="3" /> instruction,p> <p class="poetry">and let the discerning<n id="4" /> acquire<n id="5" /> guidance!<n id="6" />)p>

<p class="poetry">for they will provide<n id="1" /> a long and full life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and they will add well-being<n id="3" /> to you.p>

<p class="poetry">Give instruction<n id="1" /> to a wise person,<n id="2" /> and he will become wiser still;p> <p class="poetry">teach<n id="3" /> a righteous person and he will add to his<n id="4" /> learning.p>

<p class="poetry">For because<n id="1" /> of me your days will be many,p> <p class="poetry">and years will be added<n id="2" /> to your life.p>

<p class="poetry">The blessing<n id="1" /> from the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> makes a person rich,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and he adds no sorrow<n id="4" /> to<n id="5" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">Fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> prolongs life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the life span<n id="3" /> of the wicked will be shortened.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">One person is generous<n id="1" /> and yet grows more wealthy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but another withholds more than he should<n id="3" /> and comes to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is wise in heart<n id="1" /> is called<n id="2" /> discerning,p> <p class="poetry">and kind speech<n id="3" /> increases persuasiveness.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wise person&#8217;s heart<n id="1" /> makes his speech wise<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and it adds persuasiveness<n id="3" /> to his words.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wealth adds many friends,p> <p class="poetry">but a poor person is separated<n id="1" /> from his friend.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and increases the unfaithful<n id="2" /> among men.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not add to his words,p> <p class="poetry">lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.<n id="1" />p>

He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

She named him Joseph,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> give me yet another son.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Joseph<n id="1" /> had a dream,<n id="2" /> and when he told his brothers about it,<n id="3" /> they hated him even more.<n id="4" />