1. Honor a physician according to your need of him with the honors due to him: For verily the Lord has created him.
2. For from the Most High comes healing; And from the king he shall receive a gift.
3. The skill of the physician shall lift up his head; And in the sight of great men he shall be admired.
4. The Lord created medicines out of the earth; And a prudent man will have no disgust at them.
5. Was not water made sweet with wood, That the virtue thereof might be known?
6. And he gave men skill, That they might be glorified in his marvelous works.
7. With them does he heal a man, And takes away his pain.
8. With these will the apothecary make a confection; And his works shall not be brought to an end; And from him is peace upon the face of the earth.
9. My son, in your sickness be not negligent; But pray to the Lord, and he shall heal you.
10. Put away wrong doing, and order your hands aright, And cleanse your heart from all manner of sin.