1 No evil will happen to him who fears the
Lord, but in trials once and again he will
deliver him.

2 A wise man will not hate the law,
but he who is a hypocrite about it is
like a boat in a storm 3 A man of
understanding will put his trust
in the law. And the law is faithful
to him, as when one asks a divine oracle.

4 Prepare your speech, and so you will be
heard. Bind up instruction, and make your
answer.

5 The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel.
His thoughts are like a rolling axle.

6 A stallion horse is like a mocking friend.
He neighs under every one who sits upon him.

7 Why does one day excel another,
when all the light of every day in the
year is from the sun?

8 They were distinguished by the Lord’s
knowledge, and he varied seasons and feasts.

9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed,
and some of them he has made ordinary days.

10 And all men are from the ground.
Adam was created from dust.

11 In the abundance of his knowledge the
Lord distinguished them, and made their
ways different.

12 Some of them he blessed and exalted,
and some of them he made holy and brought
near to himself. Some of them he cursed
and brought low, and overthrew them
from their place.

13 As the clay of the potter in his hand,
all his ways are according to his good
pleasure, so men are in the hand of
him who made them, to render to
them according to his judgment.

14 Good is the opposite of evil,
and life is the opposite of death;
so† the sinner is the opposite of the godly.

15 Look upon allthe works ofthe Most High
like this, they come in pairs, one
against another.

16 I was the last on watch, like one who
gleans after the grape gatherers.