1. Love justice, you who judge the land. Think of the Lord in goodness and seek him in simplicity of heart.
2. For he is found by those who do not test him, yet he reveals himself to those who have faith in him.
3. For perverse thoughts separate from God. But his virtue, when it is tested, corrects the foolish.
4. For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subdued by sin.
5. For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from falsehood, and he will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he will not be reached when iniquity overcomes.