<t /><p class="poetry">For everything<n id="1" /> there is an appointed time,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and an appropriate time<n id="3" /> for every activity<n id="4" /> on earth:<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,p> <p class="poetry">for the oppression<n id="1" /> of the king<n id="2" /> is severe upon his victim.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The Teacher sought to find delightful<n id="1" /> words,p> <p class="poetry">and to write<n id="2" /> accurately truthful sayings.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I thought to myself, &#8220;God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">for there is an appropriate time for every activity,p> <p class="poetry">and there is a time of judgment<n id="1" /> for every deed. p>

<p class="poetry">When you make a vow<n id="1" /> to God, do not delay in paying it.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For God<n id="3" /> takes no pleasure in fools:p> <p class="poetry">Pay what you vow!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">So remember<n id="1" /> your Creator in the days of your youth &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">before<n id="2" /> the difficult<n id="3" /> days come,p> <p class="poetry">and the years draw near when you will say, &#8220;I have no pleasure in them&#8221;;p>