By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

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.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

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

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together.

Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust.

He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.

At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.

He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.

Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.

He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.

To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.