Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

Sing unto him a new song; Play skilfully with a loud noise.

Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.

Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.

Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.

How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?

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

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

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

Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.

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:

Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

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:

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

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

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.

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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?

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

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

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

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

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.

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

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.