Let my foes be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own shame, as with a cloak.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.

He causes the barren to dwell in the house as a joyful mother of sons. Praise Jehovah!

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Look on me, and be merciful to me, as You usually do to those who love Your name.

I rejoice at Your Word, as one who finds great spoil.

Jerusalem is built like a city that is all joined together as one;

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on Jehovah our God, until He shall have mercy on us.

Blessed is Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around His people from this time and forever.

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of the young.

Surely I have behaved and have quieted my soul, as one weaned by its mother; my soul on me is like one weaned.

and gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel His people.

Yea, the darkness does not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You.

As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life down to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, as those long dead.

let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.

Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hunter's hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.

Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.

until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little.

To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.

As the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.

Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own mind.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and afterward vows to ask about it.

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.

for as he thinks in his heart, so is he; Eat and drink, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.

At the last it bites like an asp and stings like an adder.

Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast,

Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will give to the man according to his work.

As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

As he who takes away a garment in cold weather, as vinegar upon niter, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming for a fool.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not come.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the lazy man turn upon his bed.

As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man answers to man.

As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.

The wicked flee when no man pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

For that which happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts, even one thing happens to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast; for all is vanity.

As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.

Who is as the wise? And who knows the meaning of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

All happens alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

For man also does not know his time; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little folly is more rare than wisdom and than honor.

I have seen servants on horses and princes walking as servants on the earth.

As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, as how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.

So long as the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain,

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

For Your ointments have a lovely fragrance; Your name is as oil poured out; therefore the virgins love You.

Tell me, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed, where do You lie down at noon? For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?

As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.

As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons. I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste.

His head is like refined gold; His locks are bushy, black as a raven.

His eyes are as doves' eyes on the rivers of waters, washed with milk, sitting on a setting.

His cheeks are like a bed of spices, a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips are as lilies dropping flowing myrrh.

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold; His face is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as inspiring as an army with banners.

Who is she who looks forth like the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as armies with banners?

Return, return, O Shulamite! Return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two camps.

Who could give You to me as my brother, who sucked my mother's breasts? When I find You outside, I would kiss You; yea, they would not despise me.

Set me as a seal on Your heart, as a seal on Your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Jehovah.

I was a wall, and my breasts like towers; then I was in His eyes as one finding peace.

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.

Your land is wasted, your cities burned with fire. Strangers devour your land right before your eyes, and it is wasted, as overthrown by strangers.

Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.

Come now, and let us reason together, says Jehovah; though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

And I will turn back My hand on you, and purge away your dross as with lye, and take away all your alloy.

And I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterwards you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

And the strong shall be like tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall put them out.