And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Yahweh has made everything for its own end -- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor -- this is the gift of God.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Go your way -- eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover

Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing; of which every one has twins; none is bereaved among them.

Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.