My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
All my words are sincere, and I am speaking the truth.
But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will teach you how to be wise.
May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.
The explanation of your teachings gives light and brings wisdom to the ignorant.
May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you, O Lord, my refuge and my redeemer!
The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.
Remember that the Lord has chosen the righteous for his own, and he hears me when I call to him.
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.
Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings,
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.
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.
