Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, And attend to the words of my mouth.
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, attend unto my wisdom, And bow thine ear to my understanding:
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.