Fifth Child:
The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
All the Children:
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Solomon: I thank you. (He turns to Sixth Child.) And why hast thou not spoken with the others?
(The Sixth Child reaches a tiptoe and whispers in his ear.)
Solomon: Thou hast learned something more; then speak, little one.
Sixth Child:
O king, a word fitly spoken,
Is like apples of gold in baskets of silver.
And the king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
His throne shall be established forever. (She presents basket of oranges.)
Solomon (in great delight): Ha, whose words are those?