20He that handleth a matterדָּ֭בָרDa.vorH1697wiselyמַשְׂכִּ֣ילmas.KilH7919shall findיִמְצָא־yim.tza'-H4672goodט֑וֹבTovH2896:and whoso trustethוּבוֹטֵ֖חַu.vo.Te.achH982in Yhwhבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068,happyאַשְׁרָֽיו׃'ash.RavH835is he.
21The wiseלַחֲכַם־la.cha.kham-H2450in heartלֵ֭בlevH3820shall be calledיִקָּרֵ֣אyi.ka.Re'H7121prudentנָב֑וֹןna.VonH995:and the sweetnessוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986of the lipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193increasethיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254learningלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948.
22Understandingשֵׂ֣כֶלSe.khelH7922isa wellspringמְק֣וֹרme.KorH4726of lifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416unto him that hathבְּעָלָ֑יוbe.'a.LavH1167it: but the instructionוּמוּסַ֖רu.mu.SarH4148of foolsאֱוִלִ֣ים'e.vi.LimH191isfollyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.
23The heartלֵ֣בlevH3820of the wiseחָ֭כָםCha.khomH2450teachethיַשְׂכִּ֣ילyas.KilH7919his mouthפִּ֑יהוּPi.huH6310,and addethיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254learningלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948to his lipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.
24Pleasantנֹ֑עַםNo.'amH5278wordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561are asan honeycombצוּף־ דְּ֭בַשׁtzuf- De.vashH1706H6688,sweetמָת֥וֹקma.TokH4966to the soulלַ֝נֶּפֶשׁLa.ne.feshH5315,and healthוּמַרְפֵּ֥אu.mar.Pe'H4832to the bonesלָעָֽצֶם׃la.'A.tzemH6106.
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