ע (Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!

Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

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

A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”