¹⁰ Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese,
¹¹ clothe me with skin and flesh
    and knit me together^(A) with bones and sinews?
¹² You gave me life^(B) and showed me kindness,^(C)
    and in your providence^(D) watched over^(E) my spirit.

²³ God understands the way to it
    and he alone^(A) knows where it dwells,^(B)
24 for he views the ends of the earth^(C)
    and sees everything under the heavens.^(D)
25 When he established the force of the wind
    and measured out the waters,^(E)
26 when he made a decree for the rain^(F)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(G)
27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
    he confirmed it and tested it.^(H)
28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil^(I) is understanding.”^(J)

² “How I long for the months gone by,^(B)
    for the days when God watched over me,^(C)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!^(D)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship^(E) blessed my house,^(F)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children^(G) were around me,^(H)
6 when my path was drenched with cream^(I)
    and the rock^(J) poured out for me streams of olive oil.^(K)

⁷ “When I went to the gate^(L) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
⁸ the young men saw me and stepped aside^(M)
    and the old men rose to their feet;^(N)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking^(O)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;^(P)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,^(Q)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.^(R)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,^(S)
12 because I rescued the poor^(T) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless^(U) who had none to assist them.^(V)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;^(W)
    I made the widow’s^(X) heart sing.
¹⁴ I put on righteousness^(Y) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.^(Z)
15 I was eyes^(AA) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.^(AB)