1Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

2A wise man's understanding is …

1(80-1) For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. (80-2) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

2(80-3) Before Ephraim and Benjamin …

9Then Satan answered the LORD, …

10Hast not Thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

11But put forth Thy hand …

3and the Beerothites fled to …

4Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5And the sons of Rimmon …

8and rent the kingdom away …

9but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke Me, and hast cast Me behind thy back;

10therefore, behold, I will bring …

17And God hearkened unto Leah, …

18And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

19And Leah conceived again, and …

1THE SONG of songs, which …

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.

3Thine ointments have a goodly …

2'Son of man, prophesy against …

3Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.

4The weak have ye not …

14(21-15) Then said Achish unto …

15(21-16) Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?'

8And if the LORD thy …

9if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in His ways — then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three;

10that innocent blood be not …

1BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

2But as for me, my …

4Thou art beautiful, O my …

5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.

6Thy teeth are like a …

18And he came unto his …

19And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

20And Isaac said unto his …

16Better is little with the …

17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

18A wrathful man stirreth up …

9Then the king called to …

10And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread continually at my table.' Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11Then said Ziba unto the …

4Didst thou not just now …

5Will He bear grudge for ever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, thou hast spoken, but hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

6And the LORD said unto …

11And as she was going …

12And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'

13And Elijah said unto her: …

10So that they go about …

11They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

12From out of the populous …

29And Samson took fast hold …

30And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines.' And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

31Then his brethren and all …

1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

2Wail, O cypress-tree, for the …