This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {which} they shall receive of the Almighty.

Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}

This {is} an evil among all {things} that are done under the sun, that {there is} one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness {is} in their heart while they live, and after that {they go} to the dead.

So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}

{There is} no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, {that} every one that findeth me shall slay me.

This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {which} they shall receive of the Almighty.

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. {countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses} {was changed: Chaldee, changed it} {joints: or, girdles: Chaldee, bindings, or, knots}

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. {over: Heb. upon}

Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. {fell...: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature}

Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices {which} ye wrongfully imagine against me.