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(3.1) May he give a heart to you, my son, and hearing,(3.2) and let him open your eyes to the two ways of men.(3.3) Hear, my son, the words I speak,(3.4) for the wise horus-bird speaks to you.(3.5) My mother bore me to my father —(3.6) a son given in answer to prayer.(3.7) The most precious thing a man can have is a son,(3.8) and God has given him to you as a gift.(3.9) * Do not plot against the man who plots against you,(3.10) but answer him out of your own quietness.(3.11) Leave him to God; leave him to the morning,(3.12) and let God's hands carry him away.(3.13) Sleep in peace through the dark hours;(3.14) in the morning you will see what God has done.(3.15) Do not cry out to the sky, for God knows,(3.16) and the storm will pass and heaven grow clear.(3.17) Do not stir up the flood within yourself,(3.18) for it is God who carries the truth along.(3.19) * The crooked river runs; and God(3.19) is the quiet bank that holds it in.

(3.1) May God give you a heart, my son, and ears,(3.2) and open your eyes to the two ways people go.(3.3) Listen, my son, to what I say,(3.4) for the wise one is speaking to you.(3.5) My mother bore me to my father,(3.6) a son given in answer to prayer.(3.7) Nothing is better for a man than a son;(3.8) God gave him to you as a gift.(3.9) * Don't plan against the man who plans against you;(3.10) answer him calmly instead.(3.11) Leave him to God; leave him to the morning,(3.12) and let God's hands take him away.(3.13) Sleep in peace through the night;(3.14) in the morning you'll see what God has done.(3.15) Don't shout at the sky; God knows;(3.16) the storm passes and the sky clears.(3.17) Don't stir up a flood inside yourself;(3.18) it is God who carries the truth along.(3.19) * The river runs crooked, and God(3.19) is the quiet bank that holds it.