Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
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; for I wait on you.
To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom helps one to succeed.
See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,