Who
is like the wise man?
Who
knows the explanation of things?
Wisdom
brightens a man's face
And
changes its hard appearance.
Obey
The King
2
Obey the king's command, I say,
Because
you took an oath before God.
3
Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence.
Do
not stand up for a bad cause,
For
he will do whatever he pleases.
4
Since a kings' word is supreme,
Who
can say to him, 'What are you doing?'
5
Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
And
the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
4
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,
Though
a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.
7
since no man knows the Future,
Who
can tell him what is to come?
8
No man has power over the wind to contain it;
So
no one has power over the Day of his Death.
As
no one is discharged in time of war,
So
Wickedness will not release those who practice it.
9
All this I saw, as I applied my mind
To
Everything done under the sun.
There
is a time when a man lords it over others
To
his own hurt.
10
Then too, I saw the Wicked buried--
Those
who used to come and go from the Holy Place
And
receive praise in the City where they did this.
THIS
TOO IS MEANINGLESS.
14
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE MEANINGLESS
That
occurs on Earth:
Righteous
men who get what the Wicked deserve,
And
Wicked men who get what the Righteous deserve.
THIS
TOO, I SAY IS MEANINGLESS.
15
So I commend the enjoyment of life,
Because
nothing is better for a man under the sun
Than
to eat and drink and be glad.
Then
joy will accompany him in his work
All
the days of the life God has given him
Under
the sun.
16
When I applied my mind to know wisdom
And
to observe man's labor on Earth--
His
eyes not seeing sleep day or night--
17
THEN I SAW ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE.
NO
ONE CAN COMPREHEND WHAT GOES ON UNDER THE SUN.
Despite
all his efforts to search it our,
Man
cannot discover its meaning.
Even
if a wise man claims he knows,
He
cannot really comprehend it.
(Ecclesiastes
8)
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