I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Who is this King of glory? the LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

Who is this King of glory? the LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

For this shall every one that is godly pray to thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh to him.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

By this I know that thou favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

When I cry to thee, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth to God.

Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.

Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush; this man was born there.

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

The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

So is this great and wide sea, in which are creeping animals innumerable, both small and great beasts.

Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for ever. Praise the LORD.

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

This is the LORD'S doing; it is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath revived me.

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

They continue this day according to thy ordinances: for all are thy servants.

The LORD will preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for ever.

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

For God giveth to a man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

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.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

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

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun.

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?