You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.

Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Shout out, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!

“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.