It is like the precious ointment on the head that ran down on the beard, Aaron's beard, that went down to the mouth of his garments;

praise Jehovah; for Jehovah is good; sing praises to His name, for it is full of delight.

For I know that Jehovah is great, and our LORD is above all gods.

and gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel His people.

they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

Blessed is Jehovah out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah!

Oh give thanks to Jehovah; for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

Who remembered us in our low estate; for His mercy endures forever;

and has redeemed us from our enemies; for His mercy endures forever.

For there our captors demanded a song from us; and our plunderers demanded gladness, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who will repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us.

Blessed is he who seizes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah; for great is the glory of Jehovah.

Though Jehovah is high, yet He has respect to the lowly; but the proud He knows afar off.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it altogether.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot go up to it.

Yea, the darkness does not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

and see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him correct me, it is oil on my head, let not my head refuse it; for still my prayer also shall be against their wickedness.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life down to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, as those long dead.

Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

A Psalm of David. Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

He is my goodness and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and He in whom I trust; who humbles my people under me.

O Jehovah, what is man that You take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that You esteem him?

Man is like vanity; his days are like a shadow that passes away.

because their mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of lies.

It is You who gives salvation to kings; who delivers David His servant from the hurtful sword.

Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of foreigners' sons, because their mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood;

and our oxen may be loaded; there is no breaking in nor going out and no crying in our streets.

Blessed are the peoples who are so; blessed are the peoples to whom Jehovah is their God.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and there is no searching out His greatness.

Jehovah is gracious and full of pity; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Jehovah is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your rule endures throughout all generations.

Jehovah is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works.

Jehovah is near all those who call on Him, all those who call on Him in truth.

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose help is in Jehovah his God,

who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in it; who keeps truth forever;

Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.

Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.

He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?

let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heavens.

to carry out on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah!

the wise hears and increases learning; and understanding ones get wisdom;

to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird,

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.

When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasing to your soul;

whose ways are crooked, and are devious in their paths.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

For the profit from it is better than the gain from silver, and its produce more than fine gold;

she is more precious than rubies; and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand, riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone who keeps her.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but He blesses the home of the just.

The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil;

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.

Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hunter's hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.

perversity is in his heart; he is always planning mischief; he causes fighting.

Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; he is quickly broken, and there is no healing.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

They do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

but if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.

For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house;

now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with caresses.

For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey;

until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the rooms of death.

To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is hateful to my lips.