1. SON, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
2. Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
3. Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
4. Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
5. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6. Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
7. Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.