Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly.What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness;but I came to realise that the same fate […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 2a
I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.’ But that also proved to be meaningless. ‘Laughter,’ I said, ‘is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?’ I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly – my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 1e
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 1d
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king of Jerusalem: ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher.‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What do people gain from all their labours at which they toil under the sun?Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.The wind blows to […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 1c
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king of Jerusalem: ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher.‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What do people gain from all their labours at which they toil under the sun?Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.The wind blows to […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 1b
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king of Jerusalem: ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher.‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What do people gain from all their labours at which they toil under the sun?Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.The wind blows to […]
Meditation Ecclesiastes 1a
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king of Jerusalem: ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher.‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What do people gain from all their labours at which they toil under the sun?Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.The wind blows to […]
Meditation Psalm 150
Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with […]
Meditation Psalm 149
Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.Let his […]
Meditation Psalm 148
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above.Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created,and he established them for […]