The fearof the LORDprolongslife,But the yearsof the wickedwill be shortened.
He askedlifeof You, You gaveit to him, Lengthof daysforeverand ever.
But You, O God,will bringthem downto the pitof destruction;Menof bloodshedand deceitwill not liveout halftheir days.But I will trustin You.
"With a longlifeI will satisfyhim And let him seeMy salvation."
To declarethat the LORDis upright;[He is] my rock,and there is nounrighteousnessin Him.
The fearof the LORDis a fountainof life,That one may avoidthe snaresof death.
He who walksblamelesslywill be delivered,But he who is crookedwill fallallat once.
Longlifeis in her righthand;In her lefthandare richesand honor.
For lengthof daysand yearsof lifeAnd peacethey will addto you.
For by me your dayswill be multiplied,And yearsof lifewill be addedto you.
Do not be excessivelywickedand do not be a fool.Whyshould you diebeforeyour time?
"As a partridgethat hatcheseggswhich it has not laid,[So] is he who makesa fortune,but unjustly;In the midstof his daysit will forsakehim, And in the endhe will be a fool."
"But Godsaidto him, 'You fool!This[very] nightyour soulis requiredof you; and [now] whowill own whatyou have prepared?'
so that you may prolong[your] dayson the landwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathersto giveto them and to their descendants,a landflowingwith milkand honey.
