For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

Jehovah bless thee out of Zion; Even he that made heaven and earth.

Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants;

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

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

Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee .

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

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.

All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; And thy saints shall bless thee.

The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

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

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

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.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

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

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

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

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

Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

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

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

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

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die:

Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

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

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

I counsel thee , Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

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

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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.

Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

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.

I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

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

Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?

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?

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof .

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.

The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.