Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?

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 are made. He remembers that we are dust.

How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

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

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

How can I repay the Lord
for all the good He has done for me?

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.

א AlefHow happy are those whose way is blameless,
who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping Your word.

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

How I long for Your precepts!
Give me life through Your righteousness.

How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?

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 your law! it is my meditation all the day.

How sweet are your words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Consider how I love your precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to your lovingkindness.

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 miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

A song of ascents.How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways!

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

How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

[A song of ascents. Of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

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

O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

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

How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

How blessed is the one whose helper 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, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their 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 happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of 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 upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer 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 destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

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

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than 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!

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

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 brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool—
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

As for a righteous man, walking in his integrity, how happy are his children after him!

A man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?

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 happy the man who is ever circumspect, whereas, he that hardeneth his heart, shall 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, oh how lofty are their eyes! And 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 cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die 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 be warm alone ?

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

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 hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

Since there are many things that increase vanity, how is man the better?

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.

I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth--how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep.

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.