Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law `is' within my heart.
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.