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That people may know wisdom and discipline,[a]
    may understand intelligent sayings;
May receive instruction in wise conduct,
    in what is right, just and fair;
That resourcefulness may be imparted to the naive,[b]
    knowledge and discretion to the young.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Discipline: education or formation which dispels ignorance and corrects vice. Note the reprise of v. 2a in v. 7b.
  2. 1:4 Naive: immature, inexperienced, sometimes the young, hence easily influenced for good or evil.