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Because of David Your servant, do not turn away from Your chosen one.

I will bow down toward Your holy house. And I will give thanks to Your name for Your loving-kindness and Your truth. For You have honored Your Word because of what Your name is.

Hear my prayer, O Lord. Listen when I ask for help. Answer me because You are faithful and right.

Give me new life, O Lord, because of Your name. Bring me out of trouble because You are right and good.

Because they hated much learning, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Let her be like a loving, female deer. Let her breasts please you at all times. Be filled with great joy always because of her love.

He will die for want of teaching, and will go the wrong way because of the greatness of his foolish ways.

He always plans to do sinful things because of his sinful heart. He causes arguing among people.

For because of a woman who sells the use of her body, one is brought down to a loaf of bread. A sinful woman hunts to take a man's very life.

Much food is in the plowed land of the poor, but it is taken away because of wrong-doing.

The way the sinful hurt others will draw them away, because they will not do what is right and fair.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush those who suffer at the gate.

Do not worry yourself because of those who do wrong, and do not be jealous of the sinful.

To show favor is not good, because a man will sin for a piece of bread.

Shaking milk makes butter, and hitting the nose brings blood. So fighting comes because of anger.

Because in much wisdom there is much trouble. And he who gets much learning gets much sorrow.

So I hated life. For the work which had been done under the sun brought sorrow to me. Because everything is for nothing and is like trying to catch the wind.

For the same thing is to happen to both the sons of men and animals. As one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and to be a man is no better than to be an animal. Because all is for nothing.

I have seen that all the work done is because a man wants what his neighbor has. This also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.

Two are better than one, because they have good pay for their work.