Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

because they regard not the works of LORD, nor the operation of his hands. He will break them down and not build them up.

Blessed be LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

I have become a reproach because of all my adversaries, yea, to my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.

For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.

Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

and LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners, and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation, nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.

They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.

I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.

Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.

By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

I will say to God my rock, Why have thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For thou are the God of my strength. Why have thou cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.

for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.

And in thy majesty ride on prosperously because of truth and gentleness [and] righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach thee awesome things.

Let mount Zion be glad. Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments.

I will give thee thanks forever, because thou have done it. And I will hope in thy name in the presence of thy sanctified, for it is good.

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.

because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

Thou have given a banner to those who fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Moab is my wash pot. Upon Edom I will cast my shoe. Philistia, shout thou because of me.

Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents to thee.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

Let them be turned back because of their shame who say, Aha, aha.

because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in his salvation.

Then LORD awoke as out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.

Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands to thee.

Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name.

Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.

because of thine indignation and thy wrath. For thou have taken me up, and cast me away.

They also angered him at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses because of them,

because they were rebellious against his spirit, and he spoke ill-advisedly with his lips.

because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.

Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.

They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

Then they are glad because they are quiet, so he brings them to their desired haven.

because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to kill.

But deal thou with me, O lord LORD, for thy name's sake. Because thy loving kindness is good, deliver thou me,

I love LORD because he hears my voice and my supplications.

Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call as long as I live.

Remember the word to thy servant, because thou have made me to hope.

Hot indignation has taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

This I have had because I have kept thy precepts.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous ordinances.

Those who fear thee shall see me and be glad, because I have hoped in thy word.

I understand more than the aged because I have kept thy precepts.

Streams of water run down my eyes, because they do not observe thy law.

My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words.

I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved because they do not observe thy word.

Seven times a day I praise thee because of thy righteous ordinances.

Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,

because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.

I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers [him] in the joy of his heart.

I [say], Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.

Then I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be cheerful. For that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he

Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows shall be darkened,

yea, they shall be afraid of height, and terrors [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail, because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.

Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have not kept.

They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war. Every man has his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.

For thou have forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with things] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines. And they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Moreover LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an

Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.

And say to him, Take heed, and be quiet. Fear not, nor let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

And it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter. For everyone who is left in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey.

[Men] shall come there with arrows and with bow, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.

Thou shall not be joined with them in burial, because thou have destroyed thy land. Thou have slain thy people. The seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken. For out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

In that day the Egyptians shall be like women, and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of LORD of hosts, which he shakes over them.

And the land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it shall be afraid because of the purpose of LORD of hosts, which he purposes against it.

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to LORD because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their glory.

The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.