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13 I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children."

3 Children are a gift that comes to parents from Yahweh;

they are a reward/blessing from him.

A psalm written for those going up to the temple to worship

1 ◄Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with► those of you who revere him

and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 You will be able to earn the money that you [MTY] need to buy food;

you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

4 Those who [PRS] truly love others act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love others are not jealous of them, they do not boast about what they themselves have done, and are not proud. 5 Those who [PRS] truly love others do not act in disgraceful/disrespectful ways towards them. They do not ◄act selfishly/think only of themselves and what they want►. They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep remembering the bad things that others have done to them. 6 Those who [PRS] truly love others do not rejoice when people do evil things, but they do rejoice when people act righteously. 7 Those who truly love others patiently put up withthe faults of others. They do not quickly assume that others have done something bad. They confidently expect that others will act righteously. They patiently endure all their own troubles.

Warnings about sinful people

8 My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you.

And do not reject what your mother teaches you.

9 What we teach you will make you respected like having a lovely turban around your head

and like a beautiful necklace to put around your neck.

6 If you train/teach children to do what is right,

all during their life they will act/behave in that manner.

24 Those who do not punish their children for bad behavior do not really love them;

those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.

20 Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy;

it is foolish children who despise their parents.

9 "But be very careful! [DOU, IDM] Do not forget what you [SYN] have seen God do. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren.

12 Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you.

1 You children, because you ◄belong to/have a close relationship with► the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that. 2 God commanded in the Scriptures,

Greatly respect your father and mother.

That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised,

3 If you do that, you will prosper, and you will live a long time.

Praise for a good wife

10 It is very difficult for a man to [RHQ] find a wife who is good and who is capable of doing many things.

Any woman who is like that is worth more than jewels.

25 She is strong in her character and respected/dignified,

and she ◄laughs at/is not afraid of► what will happen in the future.

26 When she speaks, she says what is wise.

When she gives instructions,

she speaks [MTY] kindly (OR, faithfully).

27 She watches over everything that is done in her household,

and she [IDM] is never lazy.

28 Her children all together speak highly of her,

and her husband also praises her.

29 He says to her, "There are many women who do admirable things,

but you surpass them all!"

30 Some women who are attractive are not really good women,

but they can deceive us regarding what they are really like.

Furthermore, women’s beauty does not last;

but women who revere Yahweh should be honored.