Not so, do my thoughts answer me, and to this end, is my haste within me:

Knowest thou, this - from antiquity, from the placing of man upon earth: -

Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:

This, is the portion of the lawless man, from God, and the inheritance decreed him from the Mighty One.

Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation:

This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;

Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:

For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.

So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said: - Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared - to shew my knowledge unto you:

Lo! in this, thou hast not been right - let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man.

If then thou hast understanding, hear this, Give thou ear to the teaching of my words: -

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S.

Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.

Yea, at this, my heart quaketh, and starteth up out of its place.

Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: -

Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;

For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.

And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations.

For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, - nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them, - Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding.

From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -

For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings: -

This, is the generation of them who inquire of him, who seek thy face, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way.

For this cause, will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee, in time to obtain, - Surely, in the overflow of many waters, unto him, shall they not reach.

This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard - and, out of all his distresses, saved him.

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;

Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

I will keep in remembrance thy Name, through each succeeding generation, For this cause, peoples, shall praise thee, to times age-abiding and beyond.

For this cause, will we not fear, Though the earth showeth change, Or the mountains slip into the heart of the seas:

For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death.

Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;

This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.

Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver: -

Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!

Earth, trembled, Yea, the heavens, dripped at the presence of God, - This Sinai - at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;

When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:

Remember this, An enemy, hath reproached Yahweh, Yea, an impious people, have reviled thy Name.

For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;

O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, - Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:

I will mention Rahab and Babylon, to them who know me - Lo! Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia, This one was born there.

But, of Zion, it shall be said - This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.

Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. Selah.

A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, dullard, cannot discern this: -

This, shall be written, for a later generation, And, a people to be created, will give praise unto Yah: -

This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, - Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great;

There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;

This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.

Of the torrent in the way, will he drink; - For this cause, will he lift up his head.

This, is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous, shall enter therein.

From Yahweh, hath this come to pass, The same, is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day, which Yahweh hath made, We will exult, and be glad therein.

This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.

This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.

Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!

For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.

[PE] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.

Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh, from this time forth, even to times age-abiding.

This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in this ways of darkness;

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

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

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.

and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, - I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.

Then said, I, in my heart, As it happeneth to the dullard, even to me, will it happen, but wherefore, then, became, I, wise to excess? Therefore spake I, in my heart, Even this, is vanity.

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.

For here is a man, whose toil hath been with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill, - yet, to a man who hath not toiled therein, shall he leave it as his portion, even this, was vanity and a great vexation.

For, all his days, are pains, and, vexatious, is his employment, even in the night, his heart lieth not down, - even this, was, vanity.

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

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.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and, with thy heart, be not in haste to bring forth a word, before God, - for, God, is in the heavens, and, thou, upon the earth, for this cause, let thy words be few.

He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue, - -even this, was vanity.

Even this, moreover, is an incurable evil, altogether as he came, so, shall he depart, - what profit then shall he have who toileth for the wind?

yet, as regardeth every man, to whom God hath given wealth and goods, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to find gladness in his toil, this, is, the gift of God.

A man to whom God giveth riches and gains and honour, so that nothing doth he lack for his soul - of all that he craveth, and yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but, a man unknown, eateth it, - this, was vanity, and, an incurable evil, it was.

even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know, - more quietness, hath this than the other.

Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.

Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.

It is well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, - for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.

All this, have I proved by wisdom, - I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.

See! this, have I found, saith the Proclaimer counting one by one, to find a conclusion;

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

All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, - at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.

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.

Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily - on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.