“Wake up, sleeper,^(C)
    rise from the dead,^(D)
    and Christ will shine on you.”^(E)

³ Let love and faithfulness^(E) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.^(F)
4 Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.^(G)

¹⁴ Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.^(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
¹⁶ For they cannot rest until they do evil;^(B)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.^(C)

¹⁸ The path of the righteous^(D) is like the morning sun,^(E)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.^(F)

⁷ When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace^(A) with them.^(B)

¹¹ One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.^(A)

¹⁰ My son, if sinful men entice^(A) you,
    do not give in^(B) to them.^(C)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait^(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹² let’s swallow^(E) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(F)
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴ cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot^(G)”—
¹⁵ my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot^(H) on their paths;^(I)
16 for their feet rush into evil,^(J)
    they are swift to shed blood.^(K)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
¹⁸ These men lie in wait^(L) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!^(M)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.^(N)

¹⁴ Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.^(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
¹⁶ For they cannot rest until they do evil;^(B)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.^(C)

¹⁸ The path of the righteous^(D) is like the morning sun,^(E)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.^(F)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;^(G)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.^(H)

⁸ Do not rebuke mockers^(A) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(B)