Proverbs 8

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice ?	1 Does not wisdom call out, and prudence bestow her voice?
2 Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.	2 At the summits and the tops of exalted places, standing above the ways, in the midst of the paths,
3 Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:	3 beside the gates of the city, at the very doors, she speaks, saying:
4 O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.	4 “O men, to you I call out, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.	5 O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.
6 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.	6 Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
7 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.	7 My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.
8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.	8 All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.
9 They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.	9 They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.	10 Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold.
11 ,11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to	11 For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.
12 I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.	12 I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.
13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.	13 The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.	14 Counsel is mine, and equity. Prudence is mine. Strength is mine.
15 By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,	15 Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.
16 By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.	16 Through me, princes rule and the powerful decree justice.
17 I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.	17 I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.
18 With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.	18 With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.
19 For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.	19 For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,	20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
21 That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.	21 so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.	22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
23 I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.	23 I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
24 The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:	24 The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
25 The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:	25 The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.	26 Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:	27 I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
28 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:	28 when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;
29 When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;	29 when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
30 I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;	30 I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,
31 Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.	31 playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.	32 Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.	33 Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.	34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates everyday, and who observes at the posts of my doors.
35 He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:	35 He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
36 But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.	36 But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”