May the Lord bless you ¹  from Zion, that you might see ²  Jerusalem ³  prosper all the days of your life,

Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die. ¹ 

Such ¹  are the ways ²  of all who gain profit unjustly; ³  it ⁴  takes away the life ⁵  of those who obtain it! ⁶ 

for they will provide ¹  a long and full life, ²  and they will add well-being ³  to you.

Listen, my child, ¹  and accept my words, so that ²  the years of your life will be many. ³ 

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body. ¹ 

Lest ¹  she should make level the path leading to life, ²  her paths are unstable ³  but she does not know it. ⁴ 

And at the end of your life ¹  you will groan ²  when your flesh and your body are wasted away. ³ 

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, ¹  whoever does it destroys his own life. ² 

For because ¹  of me your days will be many, and years will be added ²  to your life.

The teaching ¹  of the righteous is a fountain of life, ²  but the speech ³  of the wicked conceals ⁴  violence. ⁵ 

The one who heeds instruction ¹  is on the way to ²  life, but the one who rejects ³  rebuke goes astray.

True ¹  righteousness leads to ²  life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it ³  to his own death. ⁴ 

The fruit of the righteous is like ¹  a tree producing life, ²  and the one who wins souls ³  is wise. ⁴ 

The one who guards his words ¹  guards his life, but ²  whoever is talkative ³  will come to ruin. ⁴ 

The ransom ¹  of a person’s ²  life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat. ³ 

Instruction ¹  from the wise ²  is like ³  a life-giving fountain, ⁴  to turn ⁵  a person ⁶  from deadly snares. ⁷ 

The fear of the Lord ¹  is like ²  a life-giving fountain, ³  to turn ⁴  people ⁵  from deadly snares. ⁶ 

Speech ¹  that heals ²  is like ³  a life-giving tree, ⁴  but a perverse tongue ⁵  breaks the spirit.

The path of life is upward ¹  for the wise person, ²  to ³  keep him from going downward to Sheol. ⁴