Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children,

2 If they multiply, delight not in them,

3 Trust not thou in their life,

4 For from one that hath understanding shall a city be peopled;

5 Many such things have I seen with mine eyes;

6 In the congregation of sinners shall a fire be kindled;

7 He was not pacified toward the giants of old time,

8 He spared not those with whom Lot sojourned,

9 He pitied not the people of perdition,

10 And in like manner the six hundred thousand footmen,

11 Even if there be one stiff-necked person,

12 As his mercy is great, so is his correction also:

13 The sinner shall not escape with his plunder;

14 He will make room for every work of mercy;

17 Say not thou, I shall be hidden from the Lord;

18 Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens,

19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together

20 And no heart shall think upon these things:

21 And there is a tempest which no man shall see;

22 Who shall declare the works of his righteousness?

23 He that is wanting in understanding thinketh upon these things;

24 My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge,

25 I will show forth instruction by weight,

26 In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning;

27 He garnished his works forever,

28 No one thrusteth aside his neighbor;

29 After this also the Lord looked upon the earth,

30 All manner of living things covered the face thereof;