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Now therefore hearken
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
unto me O ye children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
for blessed
'esher (eh'-sher)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy! -- blessed, happy.
are they that keep
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
my ways
derek (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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