⁹ Then you will understand righteousness and justice
    and equity, every good path,^(A)

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads and look,
    and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
    and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”^(A)

⁸ Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
    for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.^(A)

² For learning about wisdom and instruction,
    for understanding words of insight,
³ for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;^(A)
4 to teach shrewdness to the simple,
    knowledge and prudence to the young—^(B)
5 let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
    and the discerning acquire skill,^(C)
6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for your decrees are my meditation.