I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising ¹  your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! ² 

All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me ¹  will be embarrassed and ashamed. ² 

Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. ¹  (Selah)

As they pass through the Baca Valley, ¹  he provides a spring for them. ²  The rain ³  even covers it with pools of water. ⁴ 

A song of ascents, ²  by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together! ³ 

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep ²  when we remember Zion.

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, ¹  and the night is as bright as ²  day; darkness and light are the same to you. ³ 

It is terrible ¹  to punish ²  a righteous person, and to flog ³  honorable men is wrong. ⁴ 

It is dangerous ¹  to have zeal ²  without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily ³  makes poor choices. ⁴ 

The sluggard plunges ¹  his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! ² 

Even a young man ¹  is known ²  by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right. ³ 

The one who shuts his ears ¹  to the cry ²  of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered. ³ 

Train ¹  a child ²  in the way that he should go, ³  and when he is old he will not turn from it. ⁴ 

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied: ¹ 

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest you yourself also be like him. ² 

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

For he came out of prison ¹  to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his ²  kingdom.

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, ¹  and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

though it never saw the light of day ¹  nor knew anything, ²  yet it has more rest ³  than that man –

It is better to be content with ¹  what the eyes can see ²  than for one’s heart always to crave more. ³  This continual longing ⁴  is futile – like ⁵  chasing the wind.