10Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085,O my sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,and receiveוְקַ֣חve.KachH3947my sayingsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561;and the yearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141of thy lifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416shall be manyוְיִרְבּ֥וּve.yir.BuH7235.
11I have taughtהֹרֵתִ֑יךָho.re.Ti.khaH3384thee in the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451;I have ledהִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָhid.rakh.Ti.khaH1869thee in rightיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476pathsבְּמַעְגְּלֵי־be.ma'.ge.lei-H4570.
12When thou goestH3212,thy stepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shall not be straitenedיֵצַ֣רye.TzarH3334;and when thou runnestתָּ֝ר֗וּץta.RutzH7323,thou shalt not stumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.
13Take fast holdהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388of instructionבַּמּוּסָ֣רba.mu.SarH4148; let hernot goתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341her; for she isthy lifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.
14Enterתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935not into the pathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734of the wickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563,and goתְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗רte.'a.SherH833not in the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of evilרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451men.
15Avoidפְּרָעֵ֥הוּpe.ra.'E.huH6544it, passתַּעֲבָר־ta.'a.vor-H5674not by it, turnשְׂטֵ֖הse.TehH7847from it, and pass awayוַעֲבֽוֹר׃va.'a.VorH5674.
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