Sapientia 1

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Diligite justitiam, qui judicatis terram. Sentite de Domino in bonitate, et in simplicitate cordis quærite illum :	1 Love justice, you who judge the land. Think of the Lord in goodness and seek him in simplicity of heart.
2 quoniam invenitur ab his qui non tentant illum, apparet autem eis qui fidem habent in illum.	2 For he is found by those who do not test him, yet he reveals himself to those who have faith in him.
3 Perversæ enim cogitationes separant a Deo ; probata autem virtus corripit insipientes.	3 For perverse thoughts separate from God. But his virtue, when it is tested, corrects the foolish.
4 Quoniam in malevolam animam non introibit sapientia, nec habitabit in corpore subdito peccatis.	4 For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subdued by sin.
5 Spiritus enim sanctus disciplinæ effugiet fictum, et auferet se a cogitationibus quæ sunt sine intellectu, et corripietur a superveniente iniquitate.	5 For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from falsehood, and he will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he will not be reached when iniquity overcomes.
6 Benignus est enim spiritus sapientiæ, et non liberabit maledicum a labiis suis : quoniam renum illius testis est Deus, et cordis illius scrutator est verus, et linguæ ejus auditor.	6 For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not release the evil speaker from his talk, because God is a witness of his temperament, and a true examiner of his heart, and an auditor of his words.
7 Quoniam spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum, et hoc quod continet omnia, scientiam habet vocis.	7 For the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and he who contains all things, retains knowledge of every voice.
8 Propter hoc qui loquitur iniqua non potest latere, nec præteriet illum corripiens judicium.	8 Therefore, he who speaks unjust things cannot escape notice, nor will the chastising judgment pass him by.
9 In cogitationibus enim impii interrogatio erit ; sermonum autem illius auditio ad Deum veniet, ad correptionem iniquitatum illius.	9 For inquiry will be made into the thoughts of the impious, his conversation also will reach the hearing of God, to the chastising of his iniquities.
10 Quoniam auris zeli audit omnia, et tumultus murmurationum non abscondetur.	10 For the zealous ear hears all things, and the disturbance of complaining will not be hidden.
11 Custodite ergo vos a murmuratione quæ nihil prodest, et a detractione parcite linguæ : quoniam sermo obscurus in vacuum non ibit, os autem quod mentitur occidit animam.	11 Therefore, keep yourselves from complaining, which benefits nothing, and refrain your tongue from slander, because secret conversation will not pass into nothingness, and the mouth that deceives kills the soul.
12 Nolite zelare mortem in errore vitæ vestræ, neque acquiratis perditionem in operibus manuum vestrarum.	12 Do not court death by the error of your life, nor procure your destruction by the works of your hands,
13 Quoniam Deus mortem non fecit, nec lætatur in perditione vivorum.	13 because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the loss of the living.
14 Creavit enim ut essent omnia, et sanabiles fecit nationes orbis terrarum : et non est in illis medicamentum exterminii, nec inferorum regnum in terra.	14 For he created all things that they might exist, and he made the nations of the world curable, and there is no medicine of extermination in them, nor a kingdom of hell upon the earth.
15 Justitia enim perpetua est, et immortalis.	15 For justice is perpetual and immortal.
16 Impii autem manibus et verbis accersierunt illam, et æstimantes illam amicam, defluxerunt ; et sponsiones posuerunt ad illam, quoniam digni sunt qui sint ex parte illius.	16 But the impious, with hands and words, have called death to them, and, esteeming it a friend, they have fallen away and have made a covenant with death, because they deserved to take part in it.