If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.
And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart, saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart; and the drunken may consume the thirsty.
For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.
Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:
As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.