גָּבֶר

Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.

Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in Yahweh’s house.

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.

For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne, and ruling in Judah.”