Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee - a covenant, would they solemnize -

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

If the Lord had not been my help,
I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

You set a boundary that they may not cross over, [so that] they would not return to cover the earth.

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down in their iniquity.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

- That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness!

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

- That they would exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders,

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.

He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.

Then I would not be ashamed when I look to all your commands.

In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced as [I would] over all riches.

So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.

If Your law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.

Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The torrent would have swept over our soul;

Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

We would enter his habitations, we would bow down at his footstool.

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

even there your hand would lead me, and your right hand would hold me fast.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

O that You would kill the wicked, O God;
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.

These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?

For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].

Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Keep my commands and live;
protect my teachings
as the pupil of your eye.

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

Every, wise woman, buildeth up her house, but, a foolish one, with her own hands, would break it down.

A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Many there be that would be called good-doers; but where shall one find a true faithful man?

The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction; for they would not do the thing that was right.

He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling.

He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun, - even this, was vanity.

So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.

For, if the one should fall, the other would raise up his companion, - but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!

And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.

I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he came, yet, they who should come later, would not rejoice in him, - surely, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, "It was a mistake!" Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?"

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

It has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge; yet it has more rest and is better off than he.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

{The Ballad of Ballads of Solomon} O that thy mouth would give me a kiss!

W Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is more delightful than wine.

Take me with you—let us hurry.
Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers.

Y We will rejoice and be glad for you;
we will praise your love more than wine.

W It is only right that they adore you.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Y What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?

(The Chorus)“Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where is your beloved hiding himself,
That we may seek him with you?”

Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two camps.

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Why should ye be smitten any more? Ye would again turn aside! The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint:

If Yahweh of hosts had not left us survivors, we would have been as few as Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that it would bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

Therefore, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Do not fear O my people dwelling in Zion, because of Assyria, - When with his rod, he would smite thee, And when his staff, he would lift up against thee in the manner of Egypt;