Ecclesiastes 11 Cross References - Brenton

¹ Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: for thou shalt find it after many days. ² Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth. ³ If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be. ⁴ He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap. ⁵ Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones are hid in the womb of a pregnant woman, so thou shalt not know the works of God, even all things whatsoever he shall do. ⁶ In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be slack: for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike. ⁷ Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. ⁸ For even if a man should live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. ⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, but not in the sight of thine eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement. ¹⁰ Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.

⁷ And if there shall be in the midst of thee a poor man of thy brethren in one of thy cities in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, neither shalt thou by any means close up thine hand from thy brother who is in want. ⁸ Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thine heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give to him, and thou shalt lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and thou shalt not grudge in thine heart as thou givest to him, because on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all things on which thou shalt lay thine hand. ¹¹ For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

^{1 (40:1)} For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. ^{2 (40:2)} May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

^{5 (125:5)} They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ^{6 (125:6)} They went on and wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exultation, bringing their sheaves with them.

¹⁸ An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

²⁴ There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. ²⁵ Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

¹⁷ He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift.

⁹ He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. ^(22:9A) He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses them.

⁶ In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be slack: for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.

⁸ But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall stand.

²⁰ Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread.

¹⁰ And the governor said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.

¹⁹ On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

²² for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

¹⁹ Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

^{9 (111:9)} He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

^{27 (4:24)} Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

⁵ And she shall have peace when Assur shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men.

⁴⁵ And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.

^{9 (64:9)} Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it. ^{10 (64:10)} Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; the crop springing up shall rejoice in its drops. ^{11 (64:11)} Thou wilt bless the crown of the year because of thy goodness; and thy plains shall be filled with fatness. ^{12 (64:12)} The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy. ^{13 (64:13)} The rams of the flock are clothed with wool, and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.

¹⁰ For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food: ¹¹ so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make thy ways prosperous, and will effect my commands.

²⁷ Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.

⁴ A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

¹³ The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

⁹ who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

⁵ Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof? ⁶ Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. ⁷ He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth; ⁸ binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it. ⁹ He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it. ¹⁰ He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness. ¹¹ The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke. ¹² He has calmed the sea with his might, and by his wisdom the whale has been overthrown. ¹³ And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon. ¹⁴ Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?

²⁴ Remember that his works are great beyond those which men have attempted. ²⁵ Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded. ²⁶ Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite. ²⁷ And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud. ²⁸ The ancient heavens shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: ^(36:28A) he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. ^(36:28B) Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body. ²⁹ And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, or the measure of his tabernacle; ³⁰ behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea. ³¹ For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength. ³² He has hidden the light in his hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud. ³³ The Lord will declare concerning this to his friend: but there is a portion also for unrighteousness.

²³ and we do not find another his equal in strength: as for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens?

⁴ Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge, ⁵ who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? ⁶ On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it? ⁷ When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice. ⁸ And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb. ⁹ And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist. ¹⁰ And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates. ¹¹ And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee. ¹² Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place; ¹³ to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it? ¹⁴ Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth? ¹⁵ And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud? ¹⁶ Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep? ¹⁷ And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee? ¹⁸ And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it? ¹⁹ And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness? ²⁰ If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths; ²¹ I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great. ²² But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail? ²³ And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle? ²⁴ And whence proceeds the frost? or whence is the south wind dispersed over the whole world under heaven? ²⁵ And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders; ²⁶ to rain upon the land where there is no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited land, ²⁷ and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs? ²⁸ Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew? ²⁹ And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky, ³⁰ which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

⁴ Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them. ⁵ And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands? ⁶ whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. ⁷ He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. ⁸ He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing. ⁹ And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger? ¹⁰ And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain? ¹¹ And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him? ¹² And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor? ¹³ The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice, ¹⁴ for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust, ¹⁵ and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them. ¹⁶ She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear. ¹⁷ For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding. ¹⁸ In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider. ¹⁹ Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror? ²⁰ And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage? ²¹ He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain. ²² He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword. ²³ The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground: ²⁴ and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds. ²⁵ And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing. ²⁶ And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south? ²⁷ And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest, ²⁸ on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place? ²⁹ Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far. ³⁰ And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.

^{5 (39:5)} O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.

^{5 (91:5)} How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! thy thoughts are very deep.

^{24 (103:24)} How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation.

^{13 (138:13)} For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb. ^{14 (138:14)} I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows it well. ^{15 (138:15)} My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. ^{16 (138:16)} Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.

^{24 (7:25)} That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

¹⁷ And I beheld all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.

²⁸ And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

¹ I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither thou goest.

¹⁰ For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

¹² Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.

⁶ Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes. ⁷ Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways. ⁸ Go up to the mountain, and cut timber; build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and be glorified, saith the Lord. ⁹ Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house; ¹⁰ therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce. ¹¹ And I will bring a sword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and all that the earth produces, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the labours of their hands.

^{17 (2:18)} I smote you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord. ^{18 (2:19)} Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid; ^{19 (2:20)} consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.

¹¹ But now I will not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord Almighty. ¹² But I will shew peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.

²⁸ Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.

³⁰ And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.

^{13 (55:13)} For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.

^{11 (83:11)} For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

³⁰ The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones.

¹³ When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.

⁵ Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is no more rest to this one than another.

^{11 (7:12)} Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.

²⁹ They had not sense to understand: let them reserve these things against the time to come.

²² to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither can any one see the life of mortals.

¹⁰ But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

²³ And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

¹⁸ Let one drive him from light into darkness.

¹ I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity. ² I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this: ³ And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as with wine, (though my heart guided me in wisdom,) and I desired to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life. ⁴ I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. ⁵ I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree. ⁶ I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood. ⁷ I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers. ⁹ So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. ¹⁰ And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour. ¹¹ And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

¹⁵ And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

¹⁷ So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

²¹ For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. ²² For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. ²³ For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

²⁶ For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

¹² I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. ¹³ Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, this is a gift of God.

⁸ There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

¹⁶ There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

^{15 (5:14)} As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go with him in his hand. ^{16 (5:15)} And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?

^{18 (5:17)} Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, all the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion. ^{19 (5:18)} Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. ^{20 (5:19)} For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

⁶ Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

¹¹ For there are many things which increase vanity. ^(7:1) What advantage has a man?

^{14 (7:15)} In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, I say, God also has caused the one to agree with the other for this reason, that man should find nothing after him.

¹² He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:

¹⁵ Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

¹ And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. ² While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain: ³ in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding women cease because they have become few, and the women looking out at the windows be dark; ⁴ and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low; ⁵ and they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:

¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.

² for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.

^{6 (3:7)} And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.

^{2 (6:3)} that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

³⁰ And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers shall do any thing with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people,

³⁹ And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a whoring;

³² And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.

¹⁹ And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

²¹ I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.

² And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. ³ And David sent and enquired about the woman: and one said, Is not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite? ⁴ And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.

¹² And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find thee and will slay me: yet thy servant fears the Lord from his youth.

²⁷ And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awaked.

¹⁵ And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

⁷ if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

^{4 (49:4)} He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. ^{5 (49:5)} Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices. ^{6 (49:6)} And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.

^{12 (80:12)} So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

¹⁰ And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

¹⁷ And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.

¹ And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

²⁴ But they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed, but they walked in the imaginations of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward;

¹⁷ They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon thee.

^{16 (51:16)} As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee. ^{17 (51:17)} For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as wee and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

²⁷ TETH. It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.

²⁶ for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.

¹¹ His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

^{7 (24:7)} Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my sins of ignorance: remember me according to thy mercy, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

^{5 (38:5)} Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.

^{7 (89:7)} For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled. ^{8 (89:8)} Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance. ^{9 (89:9)} For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider. ^{10 (89:10)} As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. ^{11 (89:11)} Who knows the power of thy wrath?

¹⁵ Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

² Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

¹⁴ I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, beheld, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.