I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

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

Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will be against him that causeth shame.

A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

They have stricken me,'shalt thou say , and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

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

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

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

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

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.

I said , I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.

Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;