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6 For (il is) ia abundance of dreams and perplexities, and of many words, 

 That thou fearest God. 



SOLOMON. 



7 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, 



And tlie ravaging of judgment and justice in a land, 

 Admire not this thing : 



For there is a Lofty One to watch over the lofty, 

 And there are loftier ones than these. 



8 And the abundance of the land over all (others) 

 Is the king of a well-tilled field. 



9 The lover of silver shall not be satisfied with silver : 

 And who has loved their begettings in (its) abundance? 

 This indeed is perplexity. 



TYRIAN. 



10 In abundance of goods those eating them are multiplied : 

 And what manliness to him from it ? 



That it is the government of seeing (it) with his eyes. 



11 Sweet is the sleep of the slave. 

 Whether he eat little or much : 



12 But to the one abounding in wealth 

 There is that prevents him from sleep. 



SOLOMON. 



13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun : 



Riches kept for one's own for evil to himself, 

 And that riches is destroyed in an evil struggle ; 

 And he hath begotten a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 



14 As he came naked from the womb of his mother, 

 (Naked) he shall return to go as he came : 

 And nothing shall be left of his labor. 



That he may go (with it) in his hand. 



15 And this indeed is an evil sickness (sore evil), 

 That as he came so shall he go : 



And what his advantage in what he labors for the wind ? 



16 And all his days are in darkness 

 And in grief and much rage 

 And in sickness and vexation 



TYRIAN. 



17 Behold what I have seen good : 

 It is good to eat and drink, 



And to see good in all one's labor, 



Wherein one may labor under the sun 



The number of the days of his life 



Which God hath given him : for this is his portion. 



