Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?”

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’

“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me: