Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. By David.

I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. A praise psalm by David.

I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

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

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

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

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

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

Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

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

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

"Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

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

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men -- musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

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

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor -- this is the gift of God.

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?