Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice, "
— Proverbs 7:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,”
“ For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; ”
“For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.”
“For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out”
“For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,”
“Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,”
“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,”
Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,
who crosses the street at the corner and close to the way of that house.
He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.