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I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.

My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.

My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.

I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord ,

He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,

Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.