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Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the eretz (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Go your way -- eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in She'ol, where you are going.

For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes eat in due season, For strength, and not for drunkenness!

A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes the life glad; And money is the answer for all things.

Don't revile the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't revile the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.

Cast your bread on the waters; For you shall find it after many days.