And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.
But He said, No; rather, blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it.
A Song of degrees. Blessed is everyone who fears Jehovah, who walks in His ways.
And now hear me, O sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
And now listen to me, sons, and attend to the words of my mouth.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
The place of ruin and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, he is blessed.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone who keeps her.