17 Let them be yours alone,never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer –may her breasts satisfy you always,may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
21 For your ways are in full view of the Lord,and he examines all your paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 For lack of discipline they will die,led astray by their own great folly.