Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited `on' Thee.
For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.
Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom `is' advantageous to make right.
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,