17Inclineהַ֥טhatH5186your earאָזְנְךָ֗'a.ze.ne.KhaH241and hearוּ֭שְׁמַעU.she.ma'H8085the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of the wiseחֲכָמִ֑יםcha.kha.MimH2450—applyתָּשִׁ֥יתta.ShitH7896your mindוְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ve.li.be.khaH3820to my knowledgeלְדַעְתִּֽי׃le.da'.TiH1847—
18forכִּֽי־ki-H3588it is pleasingנָ֭עִיםNa.'imH5273whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588you keep themתִשְׁמְרֵ֣םtish.me.RemH8104within youבְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּbe.vit.Ne.kha yi.Ko.nuH990H3559and they are constantlyיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162onעַל־'al-H5921your lipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃se.fa.Tei.khaH8193.
19So that your trustמִבְטַחֶ֑ךָmiv.ta.Che.khaH4009may beלִהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961in the LORDבַּ֭יהוָהba.Yah.wehH3068,I instruct youהוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָho.da'.Ti.khaH3045todayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117—yesאַף־'af-H637,youאָֽתָּה׃'A.tahH859.
20Have I notהֲלֹ֤אha.Lo'H3808writtenכָתַ֣בְתִּיkha.Tav.tiH3789for youthirty sayingsH8032about counselבְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣תbe.Mo.'e.TzotH4156and knowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847,
21to show youלְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗le.ho.di.'a.KhaH3045trueקֹ֭שְׁטְKo.shetH7189and reliableאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571wordsאִמְרֵ֣י'im.ReiH561,that you mayלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725soundlyאֱ֝מֶ֗ת'e.MetH571answerאֲמָרִ֥ים'a.ma.RimH561those who sent youלְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃ פle.sho.le.Chei.khaH7971?
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