4 Resolute princes of the flock,lawgivers and their rules,Sages skilled in composition,authors of sharp proverbs,
5 Composers of melodious psalms,writers of lyric poems;
6 Stalwart, solidly established,at peace in their own estates—
7 All these were glorious in their time,illustrious in their day.
8 Some of them left behind a nameso that people recount their praises.
9 Of others no memory remains,for when they perished, they perished,As if they had never lived,they and their children after them.
10 Yet these also were godly;their virtues have not been forgotten.