They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;

Thou hast appointed the moon for certain seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to the promise that thou hast made unto thy servant.

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

{A Psalm of David.} LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

A fool uttereth his wrath in all the haste, but a discreet man forgiveth wrong.

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

He that is too hasty to praise his neighbour above measure, shall be taken as one that giveth him an evil report.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

Be not hasty with thy mouth,

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

Behold, my beloved said to me: Up and haste my love, my dove, my beautiful, and come:

Up, haste my love, my dove, in the holes of the rock and secret places of the walls. Show me thy face and let me hear thy voice: for thy voice is sweet and thy fashion beautiful.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.