20 Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother. 21 Bind them on your heart continually, || Tie them on your neck. 22 In your going up and down, it leads you, || In your lying down, it watches over you, || And you have awoken—it talks [with] you. 23 For the command [is] a lamp, || And the Law a light, || And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,