13 I didn’t obey my teachersor listen closely to my mentors.
14 I am on the verge of complete ruinbefore the entire community.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,water flowing from your own well.
16 Should your springs flow in the streets,streams of water in the public squares?
17 They should be for you aloneand not for you to share with strangers.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn —let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.