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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”;
    call understanding “friend,”
    so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,
        from the foreign woman who flatters you.
When from the window of my house,
    from behind the screen, I gazed down,

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.

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