This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it.

This is the LORD's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day which the LORD hath made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

How many days must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who persecute me?

They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee.

Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.

[PE] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.

The LORD preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.

where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go up
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us.

A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" -- let Israel say this! --

The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.

Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.

O Israel, trust in the LORD, from this time forth for evermore.

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.

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

Although my spirit is weak within me,
You know my way.

Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.

So I cry to you, Lord, declaring, "You are my refuge, my only possession while I am on this earth."

Break me out of this prison, so I can give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will deal generously with me. A Davidic Song

He has not dealt with any other nation like this; they never knew his decrees. Hallelujah!

To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the Lord!

that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.

From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in this ways of darkness;

This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

"I had a vow to pay, and this day I perform it.

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will go free.

Wisdom is at rest in the mind of the discerning even fools know this.

Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

The one who gives an answer before he listens—
this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

The rich and the poor have this in common the LORD created both of them.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

This I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and took it for a warning.

A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.

He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “This is no sin,”
Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

A discourse by the faithful collector. This is what this valiant man declared to the God with me, to the God with me, who then prevailed:

This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

This generation which is like a horse-leech, hath two daughters; the one is called "fetch hither," and the other "bring hither."

This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'

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.

So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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

For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

All this hath he ordained marvelous goodly, to every thing his due time. He hath planted ignorance also in the hearts of men, that they should not find out the ground of his works, which he doth 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 have concluded that everything that God undertakes will last for eternity nothing can be added to it nor taken away from it and that God acts this way so that people will fear him.

I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”

For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity.

So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy [the fruit of] his labor, for this is his lot in life. {For no one knows what will happen in the future.}

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

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.

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

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

Whatever has been is named already, and it is known that this is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.

For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is futility.

Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.