³ The prudent see danger and take refuge,^(A)
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(B)

⁶ The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.^(A)

¹² The prudent see danger and take refuge,
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(A)

² Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.
³ I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.^(A)
4 Who has gone up^(B) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands^(C) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters^(D) in a cloak?^(E)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,^(F) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

⁵ “Every word of God is flawless;^(G)
    he is a shield^(H) to those who take refuge in him.
⁶ Do not add^(I) to his words,
    or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.^(A)

⁵ Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

⁶ Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.^(A)

⁸ The grass withers and the flowers^(A) fall,
    but the word^(B) of our God endures^(C) forever.^(D)”

⁷ The wicked are overthrown and are no more,^(A)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.^(B)