Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.

So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

These people make promises in the name of the Lord. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.”

So the Lord said, “Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

“My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!