1. Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
2. Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4. I will incline my ear to a proverb: I will disclose my riddles upon the harp.
5. Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels shall surround me?