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Glorify Adonai , Yerushalayim! Praise your God, Tziyon!

Let the high praises of God be in their throats, but a two-edged sword in their hands

Halleluyah! Praise God in his holy place! Praise him in the heavenly dome of his power!

then you will understand the fear of Adonai and find knowledge of God.

who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.

It is a snare to dedicate a gift to God rashly and reflect on the vows only afterwards.

Don't envy sinners, but follow the example of those who always fear God;

God gets glory from concealing things; kings get glory from investigating things.

[God,] I have asked two things of you; don't deny them to me as long as I live —

for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is Adonai ?" And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

I wisely applied myself to seek out and investigate everything done under heaven. What a bothersome task God has given humanity to keep us occupied!

I have seen the task God has given humanity to keep us occupied.

He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can't fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does.

Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.

I know that whatever God does will last forever; there is nothing to add or subtract from it; and God has done it so that people will fear him.

That which was is here already; and that which will be has already been, but God seeks out what people chase after.

I said to myself, "The righteous and the wicked God will judge, because there is a right time for every intention and for every action."

Concerning people, I said to myself, "God is testing them, so that they will see that by themselves they are just animals.

and that no limit was set for the number of his subjects. Nevertheless, those who come afterwards will not regard him highly. This too is certainly pointless and feeding on wind. Watch your step when you go to the house of God. Offering to listen is better than fools offering sacrifices, because they don't discern whether or not they are doing evil.