I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

The honour of Thy kingdom they tell, And of Thy might they speak,

informing all people of Your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.

When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.

But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,

Drink of the water of thine own well, and of the rivers that run out of thine own springs.

He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;

My husband isn’t home;
he went on a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month."

“O naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand wisdom.

Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

The hand of the active shall give dominion: and of the slothful one shall be for tribute.

On the road of righteousness is life, and [on] the way of the path, [may there be] no death.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

Sparing of his words, is one who valueth knowledge, and, of a thoughtful spirit, is a man of intelligence.

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

Take his garment, for he has given security [to] a stranger, and on behalf of a foreigner--take it as pledge.

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears speaks on and on.

The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

Whoso delighteth to be of a clean heart and of gracious lips, the king shall be his friend.

Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

Do not go forth quickly to fight, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold [to separate the impurities of the metal],
And each is tested by the praise given to him [and his response to it, whether humble or proud].

By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.
Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].

She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction].

The wind blows toward the south,
Then circles toward the north;
The wind circles and swirls endlessly,
And on its circular course the wind returns.

There is no remembrance of those who came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

Then I said to myself, “As it happens to the fool, so death will also happen to me. What use is it then for me to be extremely wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This too is vanity (meaningless).”

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, - and, of great import, was the same unto me: -

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Blessed [prosperous and admired] are you, O land, when your king is a man of noble birth, and your princes and officials feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Just as you do not know the way and path of the wind or how the bones are formed in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

Remember thy maker in thy youth, before the days of adversity come, and or the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them";

before the sun, the light, the moon and stars be darkened, and or the clouds turn again after the rain;

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

Before the silver lace be taken away, and or the golden band be broken; or the pot be broken at the well, and the wheel upon the cistern;

Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

“Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

I am my beloved's, and on me is his desire.

“I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.

For you have forsaken your people, house of Jacob, because they are full from [the] east, and [of] soothsayers like the Philistines, and {they make alliances} with the offspring of foreigners.

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;

And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;