Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one.

Who stand In the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God.

Praise ye Yah, For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight;

Give ye thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Give ye thanks unto the GOD of the heavens, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:

To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!

Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;

I have said unto Yahweh, My GOD, thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications.

O God! a new song, will I sing unto thee, - On a harp of ten strings, will I make music to thee:

How happy the people that is in such a case! How happy the people that hath Yahweh for its God!

I will extol thee, my God, O King, and will bless thy Name, to times age-abiding and beyond:

Good is Yahweh to all, and, his tender compassions, are over all his works.

I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue!

How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God: -

Yahweh, will reign, to times age-abiding, Thy God, O Zion, to generation after generation. Praise ye Yah!

Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, - For it is delightful, seemly is praise!

Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.

Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:

The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

Praise ye Yah, Praise ye GOD in his sanctuary, Praise him, in his strong expanse:

Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.

Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -

The mouth of the righteous, beareth the fruit of wisdom, but, a perverse tongue, shall be cut off.

The desire of the righteous, is only good, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.

He that diligently seeketh good, aimeth at favour, but, he that studieth mischief, it shall come on himself.

A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.

Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.

When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.

Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.

He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.

Evil pursueth, sinners, but, unto the righteous, shall good be recompensed.

A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children's children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.

Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

the foolish, scoff at guilt, but, between the upright, is good pleasure.

With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .

Abased are the wicked, before the good, and, the lawless, at the gates of the righteous.

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

The good-pleasure of a king, is due to a servant who is discreet, but, his indignation, shall be against him that bringeth shame.

In every place, are the eyes of Yahweh, observing the evil and the good.

A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season, - how good!

The sparkling of bright eyes, rejoiceth the heart, Good news, giveth marrow to the bones.

In the light of a king's countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain.

To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

He that showeth discretion concerning a matter, shall find good, and, he that trusteth in Yahweh, how happy is he!

A ruthless man, enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way, not good.

He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.

Surely, to chastise the righteous, is not good, to smite the noble-minded for equity.

To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.

Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:

In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.

For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.

Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.

These things also, concern he wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.

The glory of God, is to conceal a thing, but, the glory of kings, is to search out a thing.

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.

He that misguideth the upright into a hurtful way! into his own pit, he himself, shall fall, but, men of integrity, shall inherit good.

To take note of faces in judgment , is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

The greyhound, or the he-goat, - and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.

She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life:

She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night:

And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, - also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.

Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.

I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, - and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.

That which was, already, had been, and, that which shall be, already, shall have been, - but, God, seeketh that which hath been chased away.

Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge, - for there will be a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work - there.

Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil.

Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice, - for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and, with thy heart, be not in haste to bring forth a word, before God, - for, God, is in the heavens, and, thou, upon the earth, for this cause, let thy words be few.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards, - what thou vowest, pay!

Do not let thy mouth cause thy flesh to sin, - neither say thou, before the messenger, that it was, a mistake, - wherefore should God be indignant at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

For it was done amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, - but, towards God, be thou reverent.

Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:

yet, as regardeth every man, to whom God hath given wealth and goods, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to find gladness in his toil, this, is, the gift of God.

Though it be not much, let him remember the days of his life, - for, God, beareth witness, by the gladness of his heart.