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Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Behold his bed, which is Solomon"s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother"s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;