Great travail is created for every man,

2 The expectation of things to come, and the day of death,

3 From him that sitteth on a throne of glory,

4 From him that weareth purple and a crown,

5 There is wrath, and jealousy, and trouble, and disquiet,

6 A little or nothing is his resting,

7 In the very time of his deliverance he awaketh,

8 It is thus with all flesh, from man to beast,

9 Death, and bloodshed, and strife, and sword,

10 All these things were created for the wicked,

11 All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again:

12 All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out;

13 The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river,

14 In opening his hands a man shall be made glad:

15 The children of the ungodly shall not put forth many branches;

16 The sedge that groweth upon every water and bank of a river

17 Bounty is as a garden of blessings,

18 The life of one that laboreth, and is contented, shall be made sweet;

19 Children and the building of a city establish a man’s name;

20 Wine and music rejoice the heart;

21 The pipe and the psaltery make pleasant melody;

22 Thine eye shall desire grace and beauty;

23 A friend and a companion never meet amiss;

24 Brethren and succor are for a time of affliction;

25 Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure;

26 Riches and strength will lift up the heart;

27 The fear of the Lord is as a garden of blessing,

28 My son, lead not a beggar’s life;

29 A man that looketh unto the table of another,

30 In the mouth of the shameless begging will be sweet;