⁹ How can ^(A)a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.
^10 (B)With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not ^(C)wander from your commandments!
¹¹ I have ^(D)stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.
¹² Blessed are you, O Lord;
    ^(E)teach me your statutes!
¹³ With my lips I ^(F)declare
    all the rules^[a] of your mouth.
¹⁴ In the way of your testimonies I ^(G)delight
    as much as in all ^(H)riches.
¹⁵ I will ^(I)meditate on your precepts
    and fix my eyes on your ^(J)ways.
¹⁶ I will ^(K)delight in your statutes;
    I will not forget your word.

2 ^(A)My son, ^(B)if you receive my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you,
² making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding;
³ yes, if you call out for insight
    and raise your voice ^(C)for understanding,
⁴ if you seek it like ^(D)silver
    and search for it as for ^(E)hidden treasures,
⁵ then ^(F)you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
⁶ For ^(G)the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
⁷ he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is ^(H)a shield to those who ^(I)walk in integrity,
⁸ guarding the paths of justice
    and ^(J)watching over the way of his ^(K)saints.
^9 (L)Then you will understand ^(M)righteousness and justice
    and equity, every good path;
¹⁰ for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
^11 (N)discretion will ^(O)watch over you,
    understanding will guard you,
¹² delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,
¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to ^(P)walk in the ways of darkness,
¹⁴ who ^(Q)rejoice in doing evil
    and ^(R)delight in the perverseness of evil,
¹⁵ men whose ^(S)paths are crooked,
    ^(T)and who are ^(U)devious in their ways.