When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”

I said, ‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.