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

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

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

Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth,'saying , Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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

Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

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

Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

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

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; 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 only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

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

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

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

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

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law 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 heaviness of his mother.

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

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,'so is a fair woman that is without discretion.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

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

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

Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.

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

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have 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 bare 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; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

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

A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

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.

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 honor is not seemly for a fool.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

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

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:

Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? 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 labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

The sun also ariseth, 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 shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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.

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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

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

yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then,'saith he , do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.