Pro 8 | NASB1995 | STEP | Does not wisdom call , And understanding lift up her voice ?

‏ Proverbs 8

The Commendation of Wisdom

1 Does not ^awisdom call,
And understanding ^{▼▼ Lit give}lift up her voice?
2 On top of ^cthe heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 Beside the ^dgates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
4 “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
5 “O ^{▼▼ Lit simple
,} ^fnaive ones, understand prudence;
And, O ^gfools, understand ^{▼▼ Lit heart}wisdom.
6 “Listen, for I will speak ⁱnoble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal ^jright things.
7 “For my ^kmouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing ^lcrooked or perverted in them.
9 “They are all ^mstraightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who ⁿfind knowledge.
10 “Take my ^oinstruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
11 “For wisdom is ^pbetter than ^{▼▼ Lit corals}jewels;
And ^rall desirable things cannot compare with her.

12 “I, wisdom, ^sdwell with prudence,
And I find ^tknowledge and discretion.
13 “The ^ufear of the Lord is to hate evil;
^vPride and arrogance and ^wthe evil way
And the ^xperverted mouth, I hate.
14 ^y“Counsel is mine and ^zsound wisdom;
I am understanding, ^aapower is mine.
15 “By me ^abkings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
16 “By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
17 “I ^aclove those who love me;
And ^adthose who diligently seek me will find me.
18 ^ae“Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring ^afwealth and righteousness.
19 “My fruit is ^agbetter than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than ^ahchoicest silver.
20 “I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
21 To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may ^aifill their treasuries.

22 “The Lord possessed me ^ajat the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^{▼▼ Lit from then}of old.
23 “From everlasting I was ^{▼▼ Or consecrated
,} ^amestablished,
From the beginning, ^anfrom the earliest times of the earth.
24 “When there were no ^aodepths I was ^{▼▼ Or born}brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
25 ^aq“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was ^{▼▼ Or born}brought forth;
26 While He had not yet made the earth and the ^{▼▼ Lit outside places}fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27 “When He ^atestablished the heavens, I was there,
When ^auHe inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became ^{▼▼ Lit strong}fixed,
29 When ^awHe set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His ^{▼▼ Lit mouth}command,
When He marked out ^aythe foundations of the earth;
30 Then ^azI was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
^{▼▼ Or Playing}Rejoicing always before Him,
31 ^{▼▼ Or Playing}Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^bcmy delight in the sons of men.

32 “Now therefore, O sons, ^bdlisten to me,
For ^beblessed are they who keep my ways.
33 ^bf“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
34 ^bg“Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
35 “For ^bhhe who finds me finds life
And ^biobtains favor from the Lord.
36 “But he who ^{▼▼ Or misses me}sins against me ^bkinjures himself;
All those who ^blhate me ^bmlove death.”