For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, will I seek blessing for thee.

Unto thee, have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens.

Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, - and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

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

But, with thee, is forgiveness, that thou mayest be revered.

May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee! if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.

O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!

I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:

In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.

All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;

If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!

Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, - but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing them intently!

My substance was not hid from thee, - when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.

I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself - and am still with thee.

For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up their hand unto falsehood.

Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?

O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee.

Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.

I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh, - I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living.

O God! a new song, will I sing unto thee, - On a harp of ten strings, will I make music to thee:

I will extol thee, my God, O King, and will bless thy Name, to times age-abiding and beyond:

All thy works, O Yahweh, will give thanks unto thee, - and, thy men of lovingkindness, will bless thee:

The eyes of all, for thee, do wait, and, thou, givest them their food in its season.

Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:

My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: -

To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, - bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.

Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:

She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.

Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.

Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.

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

A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

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

For, by me, shall be multiplied - thy days, and there be added to thee - the years of life.

Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.

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

Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:

To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shall consider well, what is before thee;

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.

Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.

Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

Do not go forth to strive in haste, - lest thou know not what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.

Lest he that heareth expose thee, and, the report concerning thee, turn not away.

Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.

Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, - lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head, - and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Correct thy son, that he may give thee rest, that he may give delight to thy soul.

Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness, - but lo! even that, was vanity.

Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, - lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!

Enjoy life, with thy 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 toil wherewith, thou, art toiling under the sun.

If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.

Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, - and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.

SHEDraw me! THEYAfter thee, will we run! SHEThe king, hath brought me, into his chambers. THEYWe will exult and rejoice in thee, we will mention thy caresses, beyond wine, Sincerely they love thee.

HEIf thou know not of thyself, most beautiful among women! get thee forth in the footsteps of the flock, and pasture thy kids by the huts of the shepherds. --

To a mare of mine, in the chariots of Pharaoh, have I likened thee, my fair one!

THEYRows of golden ornaments, will we make thee, with studs of silver.

Thou art, all over, beautiful, my fair one, and, blemish, is there none in thee.

DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEMWhither hath thy beloved, gone, thou most beautiful among women? whither hath thy beloved turned him aside? That we may seek him with thee.

THEYReturn, return, O Shulamite, Return, return, that we may look on thee! SHEWhat would ye look on in the Shulamite? THEYAs it were the dance of a double camp --

Thy head upon thee, is like Carmel, And, the hair of thy head, is like purple, - The king, is held captive by the ringlets!

I said, I will ascend the palm-tree, I will lay hold of its fruit stalks - Oh then, let thy breasts, I pray thee, be like vine-clusters, And, the fragrance of thy nose, like apples;

Let us get up early to the vineyards, Let us see whether the vine, hath burst forth, the blossom, hath opened, the pomegranates, have bloomed, - There, will I give my caresses to thee.

The love-apples, have given fragrance, and, at our openings, are all precious things, new and yet old, - O my beloved! I have treasured them up for thee.

Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother, - Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me!

I would have guided thee - brought thee into the house of my mother, Thou wouldst have instructed me, - I would have let thee drink of spiced wine, of the pressed-out juice of my pomegranate.

THEYWho is this, coming up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? HEUnder the apple-tree, I roused thee, where thy mother, was in pain with thee, where she was in pain who gave thee birth!

Mine own vineyard, is before me, - The thousand belong to thee, O Solomon, and two hundred to the keepers of the fruit thereof.