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3:1  Beni (my son), forget not my torah; but let thine lev keep my mitzvot;
3:2  For orekh yamim (length of days), and shnot chayyim, and shalom, shall they add to thee.
3:3  Let not chesed and emes forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev;
3:4  So shalt thou find chen and seichel tov in the eyes of Elohim and adam.
3:5  Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding).
3:6  In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).
3:7  Be not chacham in thine own eyes; fear Hashem, and depart from rah.
3:8  It shall be rife’ut (health) to thy navel, and marrow to thy atzmot.
3:9  Honor Hashem with thy substance, and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase;
3:10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall burst out with tirosh.
3:11  Beni (my son), despise not the musar Hashem; neither be weary of His tokhakhah (reproof);
3:12  For whom Hashem loveth, He correcteth; even as an av the ben in whom he delighteth.
3:13  Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding).
3:14  For the gain of it is better than the gain of kesef, and the increase thereof than fine gold.
3:15  She is more precious than peninim (pearls); and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
3:16  Orekh yamim is in her right hand; and in her left hand osher and kavod.
3:17  Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom.
3:18  She is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life) to them that lay hold upon her; and me’usher (blessed) is every one that holdeth her fast.
3:19  Hashem by chochmah hath founded Eretz (Earth); by tevunah (understanding) hath He established Shomayim.
3:20  By His da’as (knowledge) the tehomot (oceanic depths) were divided, and the clouds drop down the tal (dew).
3:21  Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion);
3:22  So shall they be chayyim unto thy nefesh, and chen to thy neck.
3:23  Then shalt thou walk in thy derech safely, and thy regel shall not stumble.
3:24  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; when thou liest down, thy sheynah (sleep) shall be sweet.
3:25  Be not afraid of sudden pachad (terror), neither of the desolation of the resha’im (wicked ones), when it cometh.
3:26  For Hashem shall be thy confidence, and shall be shomer over thy regel from the snare.
3:27  Withhold not tov from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine yad to do it.
3:28  Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and makhar (tomorrow) I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
3:29  Devise not ra’ah against thy re’a, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
3:30  Strive not with adam without cause, if he have done thee no ra’ah.
3:31  Envy thou not the ish chamas, and choose none of his drakhim.
3:32  For the perverse person is to’avat (detestable) to Hashem; but His sod (secret, intimate counsel) is with the yesharim (upright ones).
3:33  The curse of Hashem is in the bais of the rasha; but He puts a bracha on the dwelling of the tzaddikim.
3:34  Surely He scorneth the scorners; but He giveth chen (grace, favor) unto the anayim (lowly, humble ones).
3:35  The chachamim shall inherit kavod, but shame shall be the promotion of kesilim (fools).