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1 Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water:
For thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight;
For thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be filled with rain,
They pour it out upon the earth:
And if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward,
In the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
4 He that observes the wind sows not;
And he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind:
As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman,
So thou shalt not know the works of God,
Even all things whatsoever he shall do.
6 In the morning sow thy seed,
And in the evening let not thy hand be slack:
For thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that,
Or whether both shall be good alike.
7 Moreover the light is sweet,
And it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 For even if a man should live many years,
And rejoice in them all;
Yet let him remember the days of darkness;
For they shall be many.
All that comes is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth;
And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,
And walk in the ways of thy heart blameless,
But not in the sight of thine eyes:
Yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart,
And put away evil from thy flesh:
For youth and folly are vanity.