9. A daughter is a hidden sourceof sleeplessness for her father,and anxiety about her deprives himof sleep:in her youth, that she doesn’t passher prime,and when she’s married,that she not be hated;
10. while she’s a virgin,that she not be seducedand become pregnantwhile still living at home;when she’s married,that she not go straying;or having married,that she not be infertile.
11. Keep a strict watch overan unruly daughterso that she doesn’t make youan object of ridicule to your enemies,a topic of talk in the cityand the assembly of the people,and she shame you before the crowd.
12. Don’t consider the beautyof any person,and don’t spend time among women.
13. Moths come out of clothes,and a woman’s wickednesscomes from a woman.
14. A man’s wickednessis better than a woman who does goodand a disgraced womanwho brings shame.
15. Now I’ll call to mind the worksof the Lord,and I’ll tell about what I’ve seen.The Lord’s works came into beingby his words.
16. The shining sun looked downon everything,and the Lord’s work is radiantwith his glory.
17. The Lord has not allowed his holy onesto describe all of his wonders,which the Lord Almighty establishedso that the universe would stand firmin his glory.
18. He has searched the abyss and the heart,and he took their great achievementsinto consideration,because the Most Highknew everything to be known.He saw the sign of the age,
19. explaining what has passedand what will be,and revealing the clues to thingsthat are hidden.
20. No thought escaped him,and not a single wordwas hidden from him.
21. He ordered the splendors of his wisdom.He remains the samefrom the beginning of timeall the way to eternity.Nothing can be added to himnor be taken away,and he needed no one to give him advice.
22. How desirable are all of his works,and how brilliant they are to look upon.