Morris.] «J^0 [Oct. 5, 



10 For if they fall, one shall raise his fellow : 

 But woe to the one when he shall fall, 

 And there is not the second to raise him : 



11 And indeed if two sleep together they have warmth : 

 But the one, how shall he be warmed? 



12 And if one be overcome. 



The two shall stand against him (their enemy), 

 And a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken. 



SOLOMON. 



13 Better is a poor and wise servant (or youth) 

 Than an old and foolish King 



Who knows not to give heed any longer. 



14 For out of the house of bondsmen (this one) shall come forth to reign, 

 While even in his own kingdom (the other) has become poor. 



15 I saw all the living under the sun 



Walking with the youth the second (or successor). 

 Who shall stand instead of him. 



16 There is no end to all the people. 

 To all that were before them : 



And indeed the last shall not rejoice in him : 



So that even this is perplexity and grasping of wind. 



17 Keep thy foot as thou walkest to the house of God 



And let thy sacrifice be (to be) near to hear 



Rather than the gift of fools ; 



For they know not that they do evil. 

 O Haste not with thy mouth. 



And let not thy heart make haste 



To bring a word before the Face of God : 



For God is in the heaven above, 



And thou upon the earth : 



Therefore let thy words be few. 



2 For a dream comes in abundance of trial, 

 And a voice of a fool in abundance of words. 



3 According as thou shalt vow a vow unto God, 

 Delay not to pay it. 



For there is no pleasure in fools : 

 Pay therefore what thou shalt vow. 



4 Better for thee not to vow, 

 Than to vow and not to pay. 



5 Let not thy mouth make thy flesh to sin, 



And say not before God's Face that it is a mistake 

 Lest God should be angry at thy voice, 

 And destroy the works of thy hands. 



