³ When I was a son with my father,
    ^(A)tender, ^(B)the only one in the sight of my mother,

²⁴ Put away from you ^(A)crooked speech,
    and put ^(B)devious talk far from you.
^25 (C)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
^26 (D)Ponder^[a] the path of your feet;
    ^(E)then all your ways will be sure.