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1 - Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

2 - At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

3 - At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

4 - `Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice <FI>is<Fi> unto the sons of men.

5 - Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

6 - Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips <FI>is<Fi> uprightness.

7 - For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.

8 - In righteousness <FI>are<Fi> all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

9 - All of them <FI>are<Fi> plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

10 - Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 - For better <FI>is<Fi> wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

12 - I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

13 - The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

14 - Mine <FI>is<Fi> counsel and substance, I <FI>am<Fi> understanding, I have might.

15 - By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

16 - By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

17 - I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

18 - Wealth and honour <FI>are<Fi> with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

19 - Better <FI>is<Fi> my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

20 - In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

21 - To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

22 - Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

23 - From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

24 - In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy <FI>with<Fi> waters,

25 - Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.

26 - While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.

27 - In His preparing the heavens I <FI>am<Fi> there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

28 - In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

29 - In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

30 - Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight--day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

31 - Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights <FI>are<Fi> with the sons of men.

32 - And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

33 - Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

34 - O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

35 - For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

36 - And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!