LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word according to all your name.

and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory [is] great.

Though I walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt give me life, - Because of the anger of my foes, thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, and thy right hand, will save me:

I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.

Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.

Let me experience
Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You.
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.

Because of Your name, Yahweh,
let me live.
In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,

Because of your gracious love, you will cut off my enemies. You will destroy all who oppose me, for I am your servant. Davidic

Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,

Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created.

let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone [is] is exalted. His splendor [is] above earth and heavens.

Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!

because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.

Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

because her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield than fine gold.

Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

He will die because there is no discipline,
and be lost because of his great stupidity.

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge.

because my husband isn't home. He left on a long trip.

Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.

because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."

because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD.

For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

A man is praised because of his wise words, but the perverted mind will be despised.

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger urges him on.

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

The person who has great anger must pay the consequences, because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

The violence of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do justice.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, - because he hath given of his bread to the poor.

He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.

because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

My son, eat honey because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:

Fret not yourself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked;

Never brag about the day to come, because you don't know what it might bring.

because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson:

Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.

Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

Next I turned to examine wisdom, insanity, and foolishness, because what can a person do who succeeds the king except what has already been accomplished?

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

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.

Yea, I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun: because I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

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.

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

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.

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'