Seek It Like Silver

Intro

My son, if you receive my words

And treasure up my commandments with you,

Verse

Making your ear attentive to wisdom

And inclining your heart to understanding;

Yes, if you call out for insight

And raise your voice for understanding,

Chorus

If you seek it like silver

And search for it as for hidden treasures,

Then you will understand the fear of the Lord

And find the knowledge of God.

Verse

For the Lord gives wisdom;

From his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;

He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Guarding the paths of justice

And preserving the way of his saints.

Chorus

Then you will understand righteousness and justice

And equity, every good path.

For wisdom will come into your heart,

And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Discretion will watch over you,

Understanding will guard you,

Verse

Delivering you from the way of evil,

From men of perverted speech,

Who forsake the paths of uprightness

To walk in the ways of darkness,

Break

Who rejoice in doing evil

And delight in the perverseness of evil,

Break

Men whose paths are crooked,

And who are devious in their ways.