KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

{A Song of degrees.} In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

LORD, do good to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

{A Song of degrees of David.} LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

Who [faithfully] remembered us in our lowly condition,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

{A Psalm of David.} I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For they have heard the words of thy mouth.

Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and reprove me: so will I take it as though he had poured oil on my head; it shall not hurt my head. Yea, I will pray yet for their wickedness.

Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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

He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.

Let high praises to God be heard in their throats, while they wield two-edged swords in their hands

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

And I heard not to the voice of him teaching me, and I inclined not mine ear to him instructing me.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Or can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be hurt?

He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

And I shall see among the simple, I shall perceive among the sons a youth wanting heart,

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

And she caught him and kissed him, and with a hard face she said to him,

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

In the lips of him understanding, wisdom shall be found: and a rod for the back of him wanting heart

Wise men store up and treasure knowledge [in mind and heart],
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

The way of the foolish is right in his eyes: and the wise one heard to counsel.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

The lazy one does not start after his game, but the wealth of a hard worker is precious.

A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

There is profit in all hard work,
but endless talk leads only to poverty.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.