4Unto you, O menאִישִׁ֣ים'i.ShimH376,I callאֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'H7121;and my voiceוְ֝קוֹלִ֗יve.ko.LiH6963isto the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of manאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120.
5O ye simpleפְתָאיִ֣םfe.ta.YimH6612,understandהָבִ֣ינוּha.Vi.nuH995wisdomעָרְמָ֑ה'a.re.MahH6195:and, ye foolsוּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.LimH3684,be ye of an understandingהָבִ֥ינוּha.Vi.nuH995heartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.
6Hearשִׁ֭מְעוּShim.'uH8085;for I will speakאֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerH1696of excellent thingsנְגִידִ֣יםne.gi.DimH5057;and the openingוּמִפְתַּ֥חu.mif.TachH4669of my lipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יSe.fa.TaiH8193shall beright thingsמֵישָׁרִֽים׃mei.sha.RimH4339.
7For my mouthחִכִּ֑יchi.KiH2441shall speakיֶהְגֶּ֣הyeh.GehH1897truthאֱ֭מֶת'E.metH571;and wickednessרֶֽשַׁע׃Re.sha'H7562isan abominationוְתוֹעֲבַ֖תve.to.'a.VatH8441to my lipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193.
8All the wordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִ֑יFiH6310arein righteousnessבְּצֶ֥דֶקbe.Tze.dekH6664; there isnothing frowardנִפְתָּ֥לnif.TalH6617or perverseוְעִקֵּֽשׁ׃ve.'i.KeshH6141in them.
9They areall plainנְ֭כֹחִיםNe.kho.chimH5228to him that understandethלַמֵּבִ֑יןla.me.VinH995,and rightוִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗יםvi.sha.RimH3477to them that findלְמֹ֣צְאֵיle.Mo.tze.'eiH4672knowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847.
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