Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it gives its colour in the cup, As it flows smoothly;
And it came to be, at evening time, that Dawiḏ
“And yet, O Iyoḇ
Turn away my eyes from looking at falsehood, And revive me in Your way.
Do not desire her prettiness in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
And your palate like the best wine, Going down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently, slumbering lips.
“And if your eye makes you stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter into the reign of Elohim with one eye, than having two eyes, to be thrown into the fire of Gehenna,
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,
Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.