Verse 1A father - Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you. Verse 3Tender - Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved - Beloved above all the rest. Verse 4Said - The following verses, at least as far as the tenth verse, are the words of David. Verse 7With all - Even with the price of all. Verse 8Exalt - Let her have thine highest esteem and affection. Verse 9Grace - A beautiful ornament, such as they used to put upon their heads. Verse 16For - They cannot sleep with quietness. Verse 17For - Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread. Verse 18But - Just men daily grow in knowledge, and grace, and consolation, 'till all be perfected and swallowed up in glory. Verse 19Darkness - Full of ignorance and error, of uncertainty and confusion, of danger and misery. Verse 23Heart - Thy thoughts, will, and affections. For - From thence proceed all the actions, as of the natural, so of the spiritual life, which lead to eternal life. Verse 24Mouth - All sorts of sinful words. Verse 25Right on - Direct all thine actions to a right end, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look or turn aside to the right - hand or the left. Verse 26Ponder - Consider thine actions before thou dost them, and see that they agree with the rule. And - Let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations.