Proverbs 17 | Fn | Min | Max | Syll | ||
ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב | 1 | C | Better, a desert fragment and ease with it, than a house full of disputed offerings. | 3e | 4C | 9 8 |
עֶֽבֶד־מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּבֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּבְת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה | 2 | An insightful servant will govern a child that causes shame, and among kin will divide an inheritance. | 3e | 4B | 10 10 | |
מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה | 3 | Crucible for silver and forge for gold, so testing for hearts is Yahweh. | 3e | 4B | 10 7 | |
מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר מֵ֝זִין עַל־לְשׁ֥וֹן הַוֺּֽת | 4 | g | Evil pays attention to a mischievous lip. Falsehood gives an ear to a tongue of calamity. | 3e | 4B | 9 9 |
לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה | 5 | One deriding those in want reproaches its Maker. One who is glad of misfortune will not be held innocent. | 3e | 4B | 9 9 | |
עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְתִפְאֶ֖רֶת בָּנִ֣ים אֲבוֹתָֽם | 6 | The crown of the aged, children's children, and the adornment of children, their ancestors. | 3e | 4B | 10 9 | |
לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר | 7 | Unlovely to the senseless, surplus language, indeed so to a prince, is a false lip. | 3e | 4B | 10 9 | |
אֶֽבֶן־חֵ֣ן הַ֭שֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵ֣י בְעָלָ֑יו אֶֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִפְנֶ֣ה יַשְׂכִּֽיל | 8 | A graced stone is the bribe in the eyes of its owner. To all that it faces, it gives insight. | 3e | 4B | 12 8 | |
מְֽכַסֶּה־פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף | 9 | One covering transgression is seeking love, but one seconding a matter separates a thousand. | 3e | 4B | 11 10 | |
תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה | 10 | B | Rebuke penetrates into the discerning, more than a hundred strikes for a dullard. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 |
אַךְ־מְרִ֥י יְבַקֶּשׁ־רָ֑ע וּמַלְאָ֥ךְ אַ֝כְזָרִ֗י יְשֻׁלַּח־בּֽוֹ | 11 | Surely evil seeks provocation, and a vicious messenger will be sent against it. | 3e | 4A | 7 10 | |
פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ | 12 | Let a bear bereaved meet together with anyone, but not a dullard in its foolishness. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 | |
מֵשִׁ֣יב רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה לֹא־תָמ֥וּשׁ רָ֝עָ֗ה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ | 13 | For one who returns evil under the guise of good, evil will not deviate from its house. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 | |
פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ | 14 | B | The pursing of water is the beginning of dissension, so in the presence of the quarrel, abandon the strife. | 3e | 4B | 7 10 |
מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם | 15 | Justifying wickedness and condemning justice, an abomination to Yahweh, even both of them. | 3e | 4B | 10 9 | |
לָמָּה־זֶּ֣ה מְחִ֣יר בְּיַד־כְּסִ֑יל לִקְנ֖וֹת חָכְמָ֣ה וְלֶב־אָֽיִן | 16 | Why this price in the hand of a dullard, to buy wisdom when there is no heart? | 3e | 4B | 9 8 | |
בְּכָל־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד | 17 | For all time, the love of the friend, and a sibling, for trouble is born. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 | |
אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר־לֵ֭ב תּוֹקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה לִפְנֵ֥י רֵעֵֽהוּ | 18 | An earthling lacking in heart sounds the slap of a palm. Surety is ensured in the presence of its friend. | 3e | 4B | 9 10 | |
אֹ֣הֵֽב פֶּ֭שַׁע אֹהֵ֣ב מַצָּ֑ה מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָֽׁבֶר | 19 | B | The lover of transgression loves a struggle. Haughtiness at its door, seeks a shattering. | 3e | 4B | 8 10 |
עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ יִפּ֥וֹל בְּרָעָֽה | 20 | The devious heart does not find out good, and the wayward in tongue will fall into evil. | 3e | 4B | 7 11 | |
יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה ל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל | 21 | The begetting of a dullard, to its sadness it is. Nor is the parent of the senseless glad. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 | |
לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם | 22 | B | A glad heart is a good cure, but a crestfallen spirit will dry up cartilage. | 3e | 4B | 8 11 |
שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט | 23 | B | A bribe from a bosom, wickedness takes, to bend the paths of judgment. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 |
אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ | 24 | In the presence of the discerning, wisdom, but the eyes of a dullard, at the outskirts of earth. | 3e | 4B | 7 9 | |
כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ | 25 | B | Grief to his father the child of a dullard, but bitterness to her who gave it birth. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 |
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַצַּדִּ֣יק לֹא־ט֑וֹב לְהַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל־יֹֽשֶׁר | 26 | C | Even a fine to one who is righteous, not good, to strike princes for equity. | 3e | 4C | 8 9 |
חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ אֲ֭מָרָיו יוֹדֵ֣עַ דָּ֑עַת יְקַר־ר֝֗וּחַ אִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה | 27 | One who knows knowledge keeps back its talk. A rare wind, someone of discernment. | 3e | 4B | 10 8 | |
גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן | 28 | C | Even the silent foolish is reckoned wise, who plugs its lips, discerning. | 3e | 4C | 11 7 |
For there is a language of flowers
for flowers are peculiarly, the poetry of Christ (Christopher Smart)
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת
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Sunday, 2 July 2017
Proverbs 17
The music is marked attacca, from the prior chapter. (The opening C connects it to the prior chapter, and why not? Now that we have come this far, we are encouraged to persevere.)
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