Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.

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.

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

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?

Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

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.