May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];
And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.

So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

And they speak against God -- they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.

They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;

We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us.

The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were as the great cedars.

Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.

For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!

Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,

For forty years I loathed [that] generation, and said, '[They are] a people [whose] heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'

You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were a forgiving God to them,
And yet an avenger of their evil practices.

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.

I watch, and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the housetop.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

wherein the birds make their nests; and the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork.

The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil.

May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!

My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.

The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

Song of ascensions. In Jehovah turning back the returning of we were as those dreaming.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

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

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,

To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,
And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].

For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

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

Strive not lightly with any man, wher as he hath done thee no harm.

For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

For the lips of a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,
but a poor man hears no threat.

Riches are an ornament unto the wise; but the ignorance of fools is very foolishness.

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.

Righteous lips are a king’s delight,
and he loves one who speaks honestly.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.

Children's children are a crown of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger,
And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment].

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

Whoso stoppeth his ear at the crying of the poor; he shall cry himself and not be heard.

The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.

For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.

She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],
And she increases the faithless among men.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and learns.

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

[Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.