Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
Psalm 39:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 3 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely every man walks to and fro–like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them. [I Cor. 7:31; James 4:14.] American Standard Version (1901) Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Common English Bible Yes, people wander around like shadows; yes, they hustle and bustle, but pointlessly; they don’t even know who will get the wealth they’ve amassed. Catholic Public Domain Version You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number. |
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
1 Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
1 Deliver me, And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity:
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.
2 Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.
I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
5 And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
0 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
7 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them.
0 But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.
You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.
2 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of scandal, to them who stumble at the word, neither do believe, whereunto also they are set.
Grace to you and peace be accomplished in the knowledge of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord: