Discretion shall watch over thee;\par\tab Understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion shall preserve thee, Understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you,
Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion will guard you; understanding will protect you.
then counsel must guard you, and prudence must serve you,
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,\par\tab For I wait for thee.
To give prudence to the simple,\par\tab To the young man knowledge and discretion:
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee;\par\tab Love her, and she will keep thee.
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;