How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Call, I pray thee - is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?

Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:

Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow:

One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture which rusheth upon food.

A land of obscurity, like thick darkness, of death-shade and disorder, and which shineth like thick darkness.

That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, - -Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.

And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

Which, wise men, tell, and deny not that which is from their fathers.

When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.

In vain, he toiled, he shall not swallow, like wealth to be restored, in which he cannot exult!

For he hath oppressed - hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.

They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.

The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?

I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.

He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.

A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.

Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;

With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.

GOD thundereth with his voice, wonderfully, Doing great things, which we cannot know;

Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?

Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass - like the ox, he eateth;

Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto them, - and Yahweh accepted Job.

Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house, - and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him, - and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold.

Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.

In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!

Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.

Let false lips be made dumb, - which are speaking - against a righteous one - arrogantly, with pride and contempt.

How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, - Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.

There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

He chooseth for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob, which he hath loved. Selah.

He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me, - And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.

Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, there are which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength, - The strength, O God, which thou hast wrought for us.

My lips shall make a joyful noise, When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;

For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, - Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out - they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;

We will not withhold them from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;

When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, - Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;

And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:

Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:

But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;

Wherefore should the nations say - Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! Yea! By the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!

Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.

I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter:

Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;

Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.

Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.

They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;

Then looked he on the distress which befell them, - when he heard their loud cry;

And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;

This is the day, which Yahweh hath made, We will exult, and be glad therein.

Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.

That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

[ZAYIN] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

I have remembered thy regulations, which have come down from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.

They who trust in Yahweh, are like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne.

Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?

May there be dropped on them live coals, - Into the fire, may they be let fall, into watery pits from which they shall not rise.

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path, - In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.

Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

The ear that heareth the reproof which giveth life, in the midst of the wise, shall remain.

Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.

These also, are proverbs of Solomon, - which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:

Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:

The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

The words of Lemuel the king, - the strain which was taught him by his mother: -

Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.

That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.

Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.

There is, no remembrance, of the thing before, - nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.

And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,

I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.

I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, - but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.

When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Thus turned, I, to look at wisdom, and madness and folly, - for what can the man do more who cometh after the king? save that which, already, men have done.

Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun, - for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, - also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.

That which was, already, had been, and, that which shall be, already, shall have been, - but, God, seeketh that which hath been chased away.

So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion, - for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?

Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.

and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, - who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.

As he came from his mother's womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, - and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.