The LORD shall so bless thee out of Zion, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life forevermore.

The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion!

Praised be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

The sun to rule the day! For his mercy endureth forever.

By the waters of Babylon we sat down; and wept, when we remembered Zion.

For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness. "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

LORD, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? Or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?

The LORD thy God, O Zion, is king for evermore, and throughout all generations. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise thy God, O Zion!

He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

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

fire and hail, snow and vapors, wind and storm, fulfilling his word;

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

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

My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, consent not unto sinners,

My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:

For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,

Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many.

My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings.

My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:

Hear me therefore, O my son, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

My son, why wilt thou have pleasure in a harlot, and embrace the bosom of another woman?

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour:

My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

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

Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.

The righteous laboureth to do good; but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.

The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

A fair woman without discreet manners, is like a ring of gold in a swine's snout.

A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

A wise son will receive his father's warning; but he that is scornful, will not hear when he is reproved.

Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.

Fools make but a sport of sin; but there is favourable love among the righteous.

A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet body shameth his mother.

He that loveth strife, delighteth in sin; and whoso setteth his door too high, seeketh after a fall.

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother, is a shameful and an unworthy son.

My son, heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.

Who can say, "My heart is clean, I am innocent from sin"?

A presumptuous look, a proud stomach, and the plowing of the ungodly is sin.

My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

My son, if thy heart receive wisdom, my heart also shall rejoice:

My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way.

for a righteous father is marvelous glad of a wise son, and delighteth in him.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scornful is an abomination unto men.

My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.

Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool.

My son, be wise, and thou shalt make me a glad heart; so that I shall make answer unto my rebukers.

Because of sin the land doth oft change her prince; but through men of understanding and wisdom a realm endureth long.

He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Who so robbeth his father and mother, and sayeth it is no sin; the same is like unto a murderer.

The sin of the wicked is his own snare, but the righteous shall be glad and rejoice.

Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh. The prophecy of a true faithful man; whom God hath helped, whom God hath comforted and nourished.

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

My son, thou son of my body: O my dear beloved son,

These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

The Sun ariseth, the sun goeth down, and returneth to his place, that he may there rise up again.

The thing that hath been, cometh to pass again; and the thing that hath been done, again is done - there is nothing new under the Sun.

Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.

So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.

But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.

Thus began I to be weary of my life, in so much that I could away with nothing that is done under the Sun, for all was but vanity and vexation of mind:

Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.

For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?

So I turned me to refrain my mind from all such travail, as I took under the Sun:

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.

So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.

Yea, him that is yet unborn to be better at ease than they both, because he seeth not the miserable works that are done under the Sun.

Moreover, I turned me, and behold yet another vanity under the Sun.

And I perceived, that all men living under the Sun, go with the second child, that cometh up in the stead of the other.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to sin, neither say thou before the angel that it is thy ignorance. For then God will be angry at thy voice, and destroy all the works of thine hands.

Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.

Therefore me think it a better and fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour that he taketh under the Sun all the days of his life which God giveth him: for this is his portion.

There is yet a plague under the Sun, and it is a general thing among men:

Moreover, he seeth not the Sun, and knoweth of no rest neither here nor there:

For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?

All these things have I considered, and applied my mind unto every work that is under the Sun: how one man hath lordship upon another to his own harm.

For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.

Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.