Hear thou my Son, and be wife, and

Hear thou my Son, and be wife, and guide thine Heart in the Way: Keep not Company with Drunkards nor Gluttons, for they fhall come to Poverty, and the Sleeper fhall be clothed with Rags,

Remember now thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth, before the Sun, or the Light, the Moon, or the Stars be darkened: Nor the Clouds return after the Rain.

Set me as a Seal upon thine Heart, and as a Ring upon thine Arm: For Love is ftrong as Death; Jealoufy is cruel as the Grave.

Behold, the Lord God fhall feed his Flock like a Shepherd; he fhall gather the Lambs with his Arm, and carry them in his Bofom, and shall gently lead those that are with yoùng.

Even the

fhall faint

and be weary, and the young

fhall utterly fall: But they

that wait upon the LORD fhall renew their Strength; they fhall mount up

they fhall run, and not be weary ; and they fhall walk, and not faint.

Even the Youths fhall faint and be weary, and the young Men fhall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord fhall renew their Strength; they fhall mount up with Wings as Eagles; they fhall run, and not be weary; and they fhall walk, and not faint.