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The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;
whoever guards his way preserves his life.
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
הוֹן + בַּ֫יִת
הוֹן + בַּ֫יִת
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.
חַי
חַי
Hear, my son, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
יוֹם
יוֹם
for length of days and years of life
and peace they will add to you.
Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.
I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
“My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
Are your days as the days of man,
or your years as a man’s years,
Are not my days few?
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
look away from him and leave him alone,
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.
לֶ֫חֶם
לֶ֫חֶם
She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from afar.
מחה
מחה
Do not give your strength to women,
your ways to those who destroy kings.
נְכַס
נְכַס
Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”
צָבָא
צָבָא
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my service I would wait,
till my renewal should come.
שָׁנָה
שָׁנָה
lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,