Look, how good and how pleasant [it is] [when] brothers dwell together in unity.

who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise Yah, for Yahweh [is] good. Sing praises concerning his name, for [it is] pleasant.

Give thanks to Yahweh, for [he is] good, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

I say to Yahweh, "You [are] my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.

Teach me to do your will, for you [are] my God; your Spirit [is] good. Lead me onto level ground.

O God, I will sing a new song to you. With a lyre of ten [strings] I will sing praise to you,

Blessed [are] the people who have [it] thus. Blessed [are] the people whose God [is] Yahweh.

I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless your name forever and ever.

Yahweh [is] good to all, and his mercies [are] over all his works.

I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I [am] still [alive].

Blessed [is the one] whose help [is] the God of Jacob, whose hope [is] on Yahweh [as] his God,

Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, {throughout all generations}. Praise Yah.

Praise Yah. For [it is] good to sing praises [to] our God; for [it is] pleasant; praise is fitting.

Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,

Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,

Let the extolling of God [be] in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand,

Praise Yah. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament.

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness--every good course--

she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land, and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.

When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

The desire of the righteous [is] only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him.

The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.

For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.

From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of {a man's labor} will return to him.

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.

Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse.

He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.

From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Have they not erred, those who plan evil? But loyalty and faithfulness [belong to] those who plan good.

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!

From the light of the eyes, the heart will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.

[For] he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.

Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.

An abomination of Yahweh [is] {a stone and a weight}, and scales of falsehood are not good.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

{Surely} there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Wisdom [is too] high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.

My child, eat honey, for [it is] good, and the dripping of the honeycomb [is] sweet to your taste.

Thus know wisdom for [the sake of] your soul, if you find [it], then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

These [sayings] are also for the wise: {Partiality} in judgment is not good.

Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.

The glory of God conceals things, but the glory of kings searches out things.

[Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.

To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

A fool gives all his breath, but [the] wise holds back in quiet.

Every word of God [is] flawless; he [is] a shield for him who takes refuge in him.

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

a strutting rooster or he-goat, and a king [whose] army [is] with him.

She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.

She perceives that her merchandise [is] good; her lamp does not go out in the night.

I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. It [is] a grievous task God has given to {humans}.

I also {explored} {the effects of indulging my flesh} with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, {I investigated} folly so that I might discover what [is] good under heaven for {humans} to do {during the days of their lives}.

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight} in his toil. For I also realized that this [is] from the hand of God!

For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

I have seen the busyness God gives to {humans} to preoccupy them.

He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past} in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end.

And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, {to enjoy the fruit of all his toil}, this also is a gift of God.

I know everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it, for God so acts that humans might stand in awe before him.

What is--it already was, and what will be--it already is, for {God will do what he has done.}

So I said {to myself}, "God will surely judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time [of judgment] for every deed and every work."

I said to myself concerning {humans}, "God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts."

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you [are] on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure} in fools. Fulfill what you vow!

Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin, and do not tell the messenger that it [was] a mistake. Why anger God at your words, so that he destroys the work of your hands?

For with many dreams [come] vanities and numerous words. Therefore, fear God!

Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and {to enjoy} all [the fruit of] the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him--for this [is] his lot.

This indeed is a gift of God: everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions, he also empowers him {to enjoy them}, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in [the fruit of] his toil.

For he does not remember the [brief] days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment [of life].

God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!

For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun?