My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you, O Lord, my refuge and my redeemer!
A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.
Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings,
Beautiful words fill my mind, as I compose this song for the king. Like the pen of a good writer my tongue is ready with a poem.
The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.
The explanation of your teachings gives light and brings wisdom to the ignorant.
But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will teach you how to be wise.
All my words are sincere, and I am speaking the truth.
My teaching will fall like drops of rain and form on the earth like dew. My words will fall like showers on young plants, like gentle rain on tender grass.
May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.
Remember that the Lord has chosen the righteous for his own, and he hears me when I call to him.