And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me. And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? Moreover, I said in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I have attained, and acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.

And my heart knew much- wisdom, knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly; for there is a time there for every action and for every work.

I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of men, God will judge them, and that to show that they are beasts.

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without adversity from generation to generation.

For the end, A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and have become abominable in their devices; there is none that does good, there is not so much as one.

My heart said to You, I have diligently sought Your face; Your face, O Lord, I will seek.

And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

O Lord, in Your good pleasure You added strength to my beauty; but You turned away Your face, and I was troubled.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid away for many years; relax; eat, drink, and be merry."'

And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was asphalt.

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Come, let Us go down and confound their language, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.

And the king of Syria said to Naaman, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

And now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard; I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be [left] to be trodden down.

Come now, you who say, "Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city, and let us spend a year there, and let us trade and make a profit"--

Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!

Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry. And this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens my ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

Behold, you all kindle a fire, and feed a flame; walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which you have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; you shall lie down in sorrow.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself splendidly every day.

And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

You lived luxuriously upon the earth and you lived riotously, you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

In as many things as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give to her torment and sorrow; because she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am not a widow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.'

"On account of this her plagues will come in one day--death, sorrow, and famine. And she shall be burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who has judged her.