She sensesthat her gainis good;Her lampdoes not goout at night.
"[Thus] I was: by daythe heatconsumedme and the frostby night,and my sleepfledfrom my eyes.
"His sonsachievehonor,but he does not know[it]; Or they becomeinsignificant,but he does not perceiveit.
It is vainfor you to riseup early,To retirelate,To eatthe breadof painfullabors;For He givesto His beloved[even in his] sleep.
She girdsherselfwith strengthAnd makesher armsstrong.
She stretchesout her handsto the distaff,And her handsgraspthe spindle.
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
