Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.
I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.