[instrumental] [verse] Who can find a woman of worth? Far beyond jewels is her value. Her husband trusts her judgment; he does not lack income. She brings him profit, not loss, all the days of her life. She seeks out wool and flax and weaves with skillful hands. Like a merchant fleet, she secures her provisions from afar. She rises while it is still night, and distributes food to her household, a portion to her maidservants. She picks out a field and acquires it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. [verse] She girds herself with strength; she exerts her arms with vigor. She enjoys the profit from her dealings; her lamp is never extinguished at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle. She reaches out her hands to the poor, and extends her arms to the needy. She is not concerned for her household when it snows all her charges are doubly clothed. She makes her own coverlets; [verse] fine linen and purple are her clothing. Her husband is prominent at the city gates as he sits with the elders of the land. She makes garments and sells them, and stocks the merchants with belts. She is clothed with strength and dignity, and laughs at the days to come. She opens her mouth in wisdom; [verse] kindly instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband, too, praises her: “Many are the women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all.” [pre-chorus] Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Acclaim her for the work of her hands, and let her deeds praise her at the city gates. [chorus] thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “lord.” You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation. [instrumental] [verse] Likewise, you wives should be subordinate to your husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct when they observe your reverent and chaste behavior. [verse] Your adornment should not be an external one: braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing in fine clothes, but rather the hidden character of the heart, expressed in the imperishable beauty of a gentle and calm disposition, which is precious in the sight of God. [pre-chorus] For this is also how the holy women who hoped in God once used to adorn themselves and were subordinate to their husbands; [chorus] thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “lord.” You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation. [instrumental] [verse] Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good, so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, [chorus] thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “lord.” You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation. [pre-chorus] under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited. [chorus] thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “lord.” You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation. [instrumental] [end]
