Evilmendo not understandjustice,But those who seekthe LORDunderstandallthings.
I understandmorethanthe aged,BecauseI have observedYour precepts.
Your commandmentsmakeme wiserthanmy enemies,For they are evermine.
The secretof the LORDis for those who fearHim, And He will make them knowHis covenant.
A senselessmanhasnoknowledge,Nordoes a stupidmanunderstandthis:
The pathof life[leads] upwardfor the wiseThat he may keepawayfrom Sheolbelow.
Thenyou will discernrighteousnessand justiceAnd equity[and] everygoodcourse.
Wisdomis [too] exaltedfor a fool,He does not openhis mouthin the gate.
"An oxknowsits owner,And a donkeyits master'smanger,[But] Israeldoes not know,My peopledo not understand."
They do not know,nordo they understand,for He has smearedovertheir eyessothat they cannotseeand their heartssothat they cannotcomprehend.
He said,"Go,and tellthispeople:'Keepon listening,but do not perceive;Keepon looking,but do not understand.'
"For My peopleare foolish,They knowMe not; They are stupidchildrenAnd havenounderstanding.They are shrewdto doevil,But to dogoodthey do not know."
"But they do not knowhow to dowhatis right,"declaresthe LORD,"these who hoardup violenceand devastationin their citadels."
"Ifanyoneis willingto doHis will,he will knowof the teaching,whetherit is of Godor[whether] I speakfrom Myself.
But ifanyof you lackswisdom,let him askof God,who givesto allgenerouslyand withoutreproach,and it will be givento him.
But you havean anointingfrom the Holy One,and you allknow.
As for you, the anointingwhichyou receivedfrom Him abidesin you, and you havenoneedfor anyoneto teachyou; but as His anointingteachesyou aboutall things,and is true and is not a lie,and justas it has taughtyou, you abidein Him.
