Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

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

If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

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

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

Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him.

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

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!

Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

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

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

Many, seek the face of a ruler, but, from Yahweh, is the sentence of each one.

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul: