LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!

Tell it out among the Heathen, that the LORD is king: and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast, that it can not be moved, and how that he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. {TYNDALE: He established the earth that it cannot move. The heaven rejoice and the earth be glad. And let men tell among the nations that the LORD is a king.}

For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him.

Look how wide the east is from the west, so far hath he set our sins from us.

For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! Right wisely hast thou made them all; yea, the earth is full of thy riches.

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

and they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Hallelujah! How happy is the person who fears the LORD, who truly delights in his commandments.

What will I give to the Lord [in return]
For all His benefits toward me?
[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

How blessed are those whose life is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD!

How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart,

How can a young man keep his behavior pure? By guarding it in accordance with your word.

Help me understand how your precepts function, and I will meditate on your wondrous acts.

See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou be avenged of mine adversaries?

I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me and given me life.

I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];
Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].

MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

O how sweet are thy words unto my throat! Yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth!

Consider, O LORD, how I love thy commandments; O quicken me with thy loving-kindness.

How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar!

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents

How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.

See how the man will be blessed who fears the LORD.

how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,

{A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Down with it! Down with it, even to the ground!"

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!

Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

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

How blessed are the people who are so situated;
How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.

Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom
And the man who gains understanding.

And you say, “How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof!

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe.

"I, wisdom, am related to prudence. I know how to be discreet.

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!

How happy the man that doth hearken to me, - keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, sinneth, but, he that sheweth favour to the afflicted, how happy is he!

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord,
How much more the hearts of men!

A man has joy in an apt answer,
And how delightful is a timely word!

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.

He that showeth discretion concerning a matter, shall find good, and, he that trusteth in Yahweh, how happy is he!

Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

A righteous man who walks in his integrity—
How blessed are his sons after him.

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.

How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Where there is no vision, a people is let loose, but, he that keepeth instruction, how happy is he!

there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!

She looks well to how things go in her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

"Senseless," said I concerning laughter and pleasure, "How practical is this?"

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

I communed with mine own heart also concerning the children of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appear as though they were beasts.

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

For he thinketh not much how long he shall live, forsomuch as God filleth his heart with gladness.

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

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?

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

Consider the work of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, which he maketh crooked.

Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

"Look! I found this," said the Teacher, "while trying to find how the plan fits together.

Who is really wise? Who knows how to interpret this saying: "A person's wisdom improves his appearance, softening a harsh countenance."

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

All these things have I considered, and applied my mind unto every work that is under the Sun: how one man hath lordship upon another to his own harm.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the activities [of mankind] that take place upon the earth—how some men seem to sleep neither day nor night—

For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

How happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, - and, thy rulers, in season, do eat, for strength, and not for debauchery.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.