This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous will enter through it.

This came from the Lord;
it is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day the Lord has 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:
Your promise has given me life.

This I had, because I kept your precepts.

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of 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 have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

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

Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

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! --

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from this time forth even forever.

In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.

Let Israel hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever.

This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

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 done this for any nation;
they do not know His judgments.
Hallelujah!

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you 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 now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and plead with your friend.

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

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.

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 made them both.

That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known 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?

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

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

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle: This man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal:

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 wickedness.

All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.

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

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man to be afflicted with.

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”

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 because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

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

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are but'sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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 that pleaseth him God giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after 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 also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men 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 an event is to the sons of man, and an event is to the beasts, even one event is to them; as the death of this, so is the death of that; and one spirit is to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole is 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.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then,'saith he , do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a 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.

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?

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

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

a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity 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 knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning 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.

All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.