They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.

Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning.

Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose, - there is no breath in their mouth.

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, - how they continued to say - Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:

Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, - the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself - and am still with thee.

For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up their hand unto falsehood.

With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me.

Who have devised mischiefs in their heart , Every day, do they stir up wars:

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. Selah.

Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, his device, do not promote, They would exalt themselves. Selah.

May there be dropped on them live coals, - Into the fire, may they be let fall, into watery pits from which they shall not rise.

Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.

Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.

They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.

When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path, - In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.

Attend thou unto my loud cry, for I am brought very low, - Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.

O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke:

Generation unto generation, shall celebrate thy works, and, thy mighty deeds, shall they tell:

The splendour of the glory of thy majesty, shall they speak, and, thy wonders, will I utter.

The memory of thy great goodness, shall men pour forth, and, thy righteousness, shall they shout aloud.

The glory of thy kingdom, will they tell, - and, thy power, will they speak.

Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

Let the men of lovingkindness exult as they glory, Let them shout aloud upon their beds:

For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.

If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.

Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.

I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!

The abomination of Yahweh, are they of perverse heart, but, his delight, are the men of blameless life.

Overthrown are the lawless and they are not, but, the house of the righteous, shall stand.

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.

Divers weights, and divers measures, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.

For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.

They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.

They smote me - I felt no pain, They struck me down - I noticed it not, - When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

A prudent man, seeth calamity - he hideth himself, the simple, pass on - they suffer.

They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.

Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.

When lawless men rise, a common man will hide himself, but, when they perish, righteous men multiply.

Blood-thirsty men, hate the blameless man, and, as for the upright, they seek his life.

Four, things there are, the small of the earth, - yet, they, are wiser than the wise:

The ants, a people, not strong, - yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

King, is there none, to, the locusts, - yet go forth in swarms, do they all;

All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.

I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, - but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.

Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, - and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:

Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.

Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil.

Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, - but how can, one, have warmth?

I saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, - that they were with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the other's 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.

Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice, - for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.

Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.

And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, their graves , that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, - even this, was vanity.

This was a misfortune in all that was done under the sun, that, one destiny, had they all, - yea also, the heart of the sons of men, was full of wickedness, and, madness, was in their heart, while they lived, and, after that, they went unto the dead.

For, the living, knew that they should die, - -but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory.

Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished, - and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age-abiding, in aught that was done under the sun.

If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.

But, though, many years, a man live, through them all, let him rejoice; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for many they may be, all that cometh, may be vanity.

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the men of might bow themselves, - and the grinders cease because they are few, and they who look through the windows are darkened;

Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish, - for man is going to his age-abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in the streets;

SHEDraw me! THEYAfter thee, will we run! SHEThe king, hath brought me, into his chambers. THEYWe will exult and rejoice in thee, we will mention thy caresses, beyond wine, Sincerely they love thee.

SHEDo not look on me, because, I, am so swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me, - My mother's sons, were angry with me, they set me to keep the vineyards, Mine own vineyard, have I not kept. --

The watchmen who were going round in the city, found me, they smote me, wounded me, - The watchmen of the walls, took away my cloak from off me.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for, they, have excited me, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, that are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

One alone, is my dove, my perfect one, one alone, was she to her mother, Pure, was she to her that bare her, - The daughters, have seen her, and pronounced her happy, Queens and concubines, and they have praised her.

Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it, - If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. ****

THEYA sister, have we, a little one, and, breasts, hath she none, What shall we do for our sister, in the day when she may be spoken for?

Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken: - Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.

Alas! a nation - committing sin, a people - burdened with iniquity, a seed - practising wickedness, sons - acting corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh despised the Holy One of Israel, - Are estranged and gone back.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.