Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.

As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.

Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

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

when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

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

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

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

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

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

A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, 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 imagination.

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

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

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

Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

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

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

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

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

Two things do I ask of thee; deny me them not before I die:

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

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

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?

For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell 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.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

For wisdom is a defence as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.

All things come alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error that proceedeth from the ruler:

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

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.

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