³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(E)
    my bones^(F) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(G)
    I forget to eat my food.^(H)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(I)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,^(J)
    like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake;^(K) I have become
    like a bird alone^(L) on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies^(M) taunt me;^(N)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(O)
9 For I eat ashes^(P) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(Q)
10 because of your great wrath,^(R)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(S)
    I wither^(T) away like grass.

¹³ A foolish child is a father’s ruin,^(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.^(B)

¹⁴ Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,^(C)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.^(D)

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.^(E)

¹⁶ Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.^(F)

¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,^(G)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.^(H)

¹⁸ Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.^(I)

¹⁹ A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(J)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(K)

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(L)

²² What a person desires is unfailing love^[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

²³ The fear of the Lord leads to life;
    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.^(M)

²⁴ A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!^(N)

²⁵ Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,^(O) and they will gain knowledge.^(P)

²⁶ Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother^(Q)
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

²⁷ Stop listening to instruction, my son,^(R)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

²⁸ A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.^(S)

²⁹ Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.^(T)