Of the uprightness of my heart `are' my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
Doth a wise man answer `with' vain knowledge? And fill `with' an east wind his belly?
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.
Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
Who `is' this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.