11. I will always praise your nameand remember you in prayer!Then the Lord heard my voice,and listened to my appeal.
12. He saved me from every eviland preserved me in time of trouble.For this reason I thank and praise him;I bless the name of the Lord.
13. When I was young and innocent,I sought wisdom.
14. She came to me in her beauty,and until the end I will cultivate her.
15. As the blossoms yielded to ripening grapes,the heart’s joy,My feet kept to the level pathbecause from earliest youth I was familiar with her.
16. In the short time I paid heed,I met with great instruction.
17. Since in this way I have profited,I will give my Teacher grateful praise.
18. I resolved to tread her paths;I have been jealous for the good and will not turn back.
19. I burned with desire for her,never relenting.I became preoccupied with her,never weary of extolling her.I spread out my hands to the heavensand I came to know her secrets.
20. For her I purified my hands;in cleanness I attained to her.At first acquaintance with her, I gained understandingsuch that I will never forsake her.
21. My whole being was stirred to seek her;therefore I have made her my prize possession.
22. The Lord has rewarded me with lips,with a tongue for praising him.