A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.

A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.

A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake 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.

It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.

You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

Turn your eyes away from me – they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!