8 Remove thy derech far from her,

and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais;

9 Lest thou give thine hod (strength) unto others,

and thy shanim unto the cruel one;

10 Lest zarim (strangers) be filled with thy koach;

and thy toilings be in the bais nochri;

11 And thou mourn at the acharit (last, latter end, future),

when thy basar and thy body are consumed,

12 And say, How have I hated musar,

and my lev spurned tokhakhat (reproof);

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my morim (teachers),

nor inclined mine ear to the ones who were my melamed!

14 I was at the brink of all rah (evil, ruin)

in the midst of the kahal (congregation) and edah (assembly).