When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.

Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

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

{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life,

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth, bless thee out of Zion.

Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem! Hallelujah!

The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Jehovah will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluiah!

Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;

Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

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

The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.

Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.

A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

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

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:

My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:

Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

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.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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.

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.