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Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;

Praise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

The high praises of God shall be in their mouths, And a two-edged sword in their hands,

Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.

Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

So that I will not be full and deny You and say, "Who is the LORD?" And that I will not become impoverished and steal, And profane the name of my God.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is from the hand of God.

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it. And God has so worked, that people will fear Him.

That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God seeks what has passed by.

I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.

I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, "God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves."