My son,do not forgetmy teaching,But let your heartkeepmy commandments;
Your wordI have treasuredin my heart,That I may not sinagainst You.
Lookupon my afflictionand rescueme, For I do not forgetYour law.
I shall delightin Your statutes;I shall not forgetYour word.Gimel.
I have goneastraylike a lostsheep;seekYour servant,For I do not forgetYour commandments.
Giveme understanding,that I may observeYour lawAnd keepit with all[my] heart.
The cordsof the wickedhave encircledme, [But] I have not forgottenYour law.
I will neverforgetYour precepts,For by them You have revivedme.
"With a longlifeI will satisfyhim And let him seeMy salvation."
but showinglovingkindnessto thousands,to those who loveMe and keepMy commandments.
Hear,my son,your father'sinstructionAnd do not forsakeyour mother'steaching;
A grayheadis a crownof glory;It is foundin the wayof righteousness.
My son,ifyou will receivemy wordsAnd treasuremy commandmentswithinyou,
Giveme your heart,my son,And let your eyesdelightin my ways.
For they will drinkand forgetwhat is decreed,And pervertthe rightsof allthe afflicted.
For I giveyou soundteaching;Do not abandonmy instruction.
Do not let them departfrom your sight;Keepthem in the midstof your heart.
Acquirewisdom!Acquireunderstanding!Do not forgetnorturnawayfrom the wordsof my mouth.
Does not wisdomcall,And understandingliftup her voice?
Wisdomhas builther house,She has hewnout her sevenpillars;
Rouseyourself!Rouseyourself!Arise,O Jerusalem,You whohave drunkfrom the LORD'Shandthe cupof His anger;The chaliceof reelingyou have drainedto the dregs.
"But thisis the covenantwhichI will makewith the houseof Israelafterthosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will putMy lawwithinthem and on their heartI will writeit; and I will be their God,and they shall be My people.
My peopleare destroyedfor lackof knowledge.Becauseyou have rejectedknowledge,I also will rejectyou from being My priest.Since you have forgottenthe lawof your God,I alsowill forgetyour children.
"So watchyourselves, that you do not forgetthe covenantof the LORDyour GodwhichHe madewith you, and makefor yourselves a gravenimagein the formof anything[against] whichthe LORDyour Godhas commandedyou.
"Onlygiveheedto yourself and keepyour souldiligently,sothat you do not forgetthe thingswhichyour eyeshave seenand they do not departfrom your heartallthe daysof your life;but makethem knownto your sonsand your grandsons.
Honoryour fatherand your mother,as the LORDyour Godhas commandedyou, that your daysmay be prolongedand that it may gowellwith you on the landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou.
"You shall walkin allthe waywhichthe LORDyour Godhas commandedyou, that you may liveand that it may be wellwith you, and that you may prolong[your] daysin the landwhichyou will possess.
"Allthe commandmentsthat I am commandingyou todayyou shall be carefulto do,that you may liveand multiply,and goin and possessthe landwhichthe LORDswore[to give] to your forefathers.
