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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

Saying 2 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Saying 29 Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.

Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.

Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect.

"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.