For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.

That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!

That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

Sustained is his heart -- he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries.

What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!

And our God is in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness.

I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness.

I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness.

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.

Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.

And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!

Jerusalem -- the builded one -- Is as a city that is joined to itself together.

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.

As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

For I have known that great is Jehovah, Yea, our Lord is above all gods.

All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that is in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.

And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!

An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,

Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.

So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

For better that he hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

There is not a remembrance of former generations; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!

And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

The wise! -- his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

and I said in my heart, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this is vanity:

That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

And I have hated life, for sad to me is the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit.

And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.

And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.