The Lord created man of the earth,

2 He gave them days by number, and a set time,

3 He endued them with strength proper to them;

4 He put the fear of man upon all flesh,

6 Counsel, and tongue, and eyes,

7 He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom,

8 He set his eye upon their hearts,

10 And they shall praise the name of his holiness,

11 He added unto them knowledge,

12 He made an everlasting covenant with them,

13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory;

14 And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness;

15 Their ways are ever before him;

17 For every nation he appointed a ruler;

19 All their works are as the sun before him;

20 Their iniquities are not hidden from him;

22 With him the alms of a man is as a signet;

23 Afterward he will rise up and recompense them,

24 Howbeit unto them that repent he granteth a return;

25 Return unto the Lord, and forsake sins:

26 Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity;

27 Who shall give praise to the Most High in Hades,

28 Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not:

29 How great is the mercy of the Lord,

30 For all things cannot be in men,

31 What is brighter than the sun? yet this faileth:

32 He looketh upon the power of the height of heaven: