and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?

Seeing that the life of all living things is in His hand, and the breath of every man.

They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth-

a brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? He shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

Therefore may God destroy you forever, may He pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. Pause.

Behold, the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

And calling him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things, but now here he is comforted and you are suffering.

Yet He filled their houses with good things, but the counsel for the wicked is far from Him.

Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not my inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they hamstrung a bull.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

[My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither shall you consent [to them].

Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: