Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; --

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

He is ever mindful of his covenant, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, --

Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

The stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:

Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,

{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.

For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find the knowledge which cometh of reflection.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of the intelligent man; but that which is in the foolish maketh itself known.

That which enlighteneth the eyes rejoiceth the heart; good tidings make the bones fat.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:

The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man do that cometh after the king? that which hath already been done.

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

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

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.

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

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

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

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

Enjoy life 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 life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

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