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Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep;

So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.

The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.

A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not;

They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.

See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.

A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not;

And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.

Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.

Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.

I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, - but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.

Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, - for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion: