<p class="poetry">By<n id="1" /> wisdom a house is built,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and through understanding it is established;p>

<p class="poetry">Is not their excess wealth<n id="1" /> taken away from them?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They die,<n id="3" /> yet without attaining wisdom.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who by wisdom can count the clouds,p> <p class="poetry">and who can tip over<n id="1" /> the water jars of heaven,p>

<p class="poetry">By wisdom the <sc>Lordsc> laid the foundation of the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he established the heavens by understanding.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who trusts in his own heart<n id="1" /> is a fool,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who walks in wisdom<n id="2" /> will escape.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">She opens her mouth<n id="1" /> with wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and loving instruction<n id="2" /> is on her tongue.p>

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God<n id="1" /> in skill,<n id="2" /> in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds<n id="3" /> of craftsmanship,

and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled<n id="1" /> spun goats&#8217; hair.p>

He has filled him with the Spirit of God &#8211; with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,

<p class="poetry">How many living things you have made, O <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have exhibited great skill in making all of them;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the earth is full of the living things you have made.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I have examined all this by wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I am determined<n id="1" /> to comprehend this&#8221;<n id="2" /> &#8211; but it was beyond my grasp.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill;p> <p class="poetry">however, he must hand over<n id="1" /> the fruit of his labor<n id="2" /> as an inheritance<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to someone else who did not work for it.p> <p class="poetry">This also is futile, and an awful injustice!<n id="4" />p>

Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God&#8217;s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service.<n id="1" /> The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I decided<n id="1" /> to carefully<n id="2" /> and thoroughly examine<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all that has been accomplished on earth.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I concluded:<n id="5" /> God has given people<n id="6" /> a burdensome task<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">that keeps them<n id="8" /> occupied.<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">I thought deeply<n id="1" /> about the effects of<n id="2" /> indulging<n id="3" /> myself<n id="4" /> with winep> <p class="poetry">(all the while<n id="5" /> my mind was guiding me<n id="6" /> with wisdom)<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">and the effects of<n id="8" /> behaving foolishly,<n id="9" />p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="10" /> I might discover what is profitable<n id="11" />p> <p class="poetry">for people<n id="12" /> to do on earth<n id="13" /> during the few days<n id="14" /> of their lives.p>

As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom<n id="1" /> than any other living person, but so that the king may understand<n id="2" /> the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.<n id="3" />p>