| 1 | Everything is going smoothly. | |
| 2 | Shall he prosper? | |
| 3 | Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | |
| 4 | He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? | |
| 5 | May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. |