Lord, many are asking,“ Who will make us successful?” Lord, may you do good things for us.

有许多人说：“谁能指示我们什么好处？”耶和华啊，求你仰起脸来，光照我们。

有许多人说：“谁能指示我们什么好处？耶和华啊，求你用你脸上的光照耀我们。”

有许多人说：“谁能指示我们什么好处？耶和华啊，求你用你脸上的光照耀我们。”

许多人说：“谁会善待我们呢？”耶和华啊，求你的圣容光照我们。

有许多人说：“谁能指示我们得什么好处呢？”耶和华啊！求你仰起你的脸，光照我们。

许多人说：“谁能让我们看到好处呢？”耶和华啊，求你用你的容光照耀我们！

有許多人說：誰能指示我們甚麼好處？耶和華啊，求你仰起臉來，光照我們。

有許多人說：「誰能指示我們甚麼好處？耶和華啊，求你用你臉上的光照耀我們。」

有許多人說：「誰能指示我們甚麼好處？耶和華啊，求你用你臉上的光照耀我們。」

許多人說：「誰會善待我們呢？」耶和華啊，求你的聖容光照我們。

有許多人說：“誰能指示我們得甚麼好處呢？”耶和華啊！求你仰起你的臉，光照我們。

許多人總說：「誰能指示我們甚麼好處？」永恆主啊，揚起你臉上的光來照我們哦。

許多人說：「誰能讓我們看到好處呢？」耶和華啊，求你用你的容光照耀我們！

多曰有誰福我、耶和華歟、以爾容光照予兮、

民之多言、謂誰福我兮。予曰、願耶和華色相之光華、於我而普照。

有多人云、惟願得福、主歟、我惟願主面之榮光照臨我儕、

應獻忠誠祭。順命斯無失。

Many, Lord, are asking,“ Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us.

There are many who say,“ Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

Many people say,“ Who will show us better times?” Let your face smile on us, Lord.

Many are asking,“ Who can show us anything good?” Let the light of your face shine on us, LORD.

Many are saying,“ Who will show us anything good?” Lift up the light of Your face upon us, Lord!

There are many who say,“ Who will show us any good?” Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Many are saying,“ Who can show us anything good?” Look on us with favor, Lord.

[ There be] many that say, Who will shew us[ any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Many say,“ Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, LORD!

Many say,“ Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Lord God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.

May the Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.” ’

God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.

Have mercy on me. Teach me your orders.

Blessed are those who have learned to shout praise to you. Lord, they live in the light of your kindness.

God, have mercy on us and bless us. May you be pleased with us.

Don’t get too upset when other people become rich. Don’t be troubled when they become more and more wealthy.They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.While they lived, they believed they were blessed. People praised them when things were going well for them.But they will die, like their people of long ago. They will never again see the light of life.People who have riches but don’t understand are like the animals. They die.

They didn’t win the land with their swords. They didn’t gain success by their own power. Your powerful right hand and your mighty arm gave them victory. You gave them success because you loved them.

“ Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.

My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him. He is my Savior and my God.

You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes.Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days.You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.

Shepherd of Israel, hear us. You lead the people of Joseph like a flock. You sit on your throne between the cherubim. Show your gloryto the people of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Call your strength into action. Come and save us.God, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.

Now listen, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make money.”

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

I tried cheering myself up by drinking wine. I even tried living in a foolish way. But wisdom was still guiding my mind. I wanted to see what was good for people to do on earth during their short lives.So I started some large projects. I built houses for myself. I planted vineyards.I made gardens and parks. I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.I made lakes to water groves of healthy trees.I bought male and female slaves. And I had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem ever had before.I stored up silver and gold for myself. I gathered up the treasures of kings and their kingdoms. I got some male and female singers. I also got many women for myself. Women delight the hearts of men.I became far more important than anyone in Jerusalem had ever been before. And in spite of everything, I didn’t lose my wisdom.I gave myself everything my eyes wanted. There wasn’t any pleasure that I refused to give myself. I took delight in everything I did. And that was what I got for all my work.But then I looked over everything my hands had done. I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing the wind. Nothing was gained on this earth.I decided to think about wisdom. I also thought about foolish pleasure. What more can a new king do? Can he do anything more than others have already done?I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.The eyes of a wise person see things clearly. A person who is foolish lives in darkness. But I finally realized that death catches up with both of them.Then I said to myself,“ What happens to a foolish person will catch up with me too. So what do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself,“ That doesn’t have any meaning either.”Like a foolish person, a wise person won’t be remembered very long. The days have already come when both of them have been forgotten. Like a person who is foolish, a wise person must die too!So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind.I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I’ll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me.And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Either way, they’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either.So I began to lose hope because of all my hard work on this earth.A person might use wisdom, knowledge and skill to do their work. But then they have to leave everything they own to someone who hasn’t worked for it. That doesn’t have any meaning either. In fact, it isn’t fair.What do people get for all their hard work on earth? What do they get for all their worries?As long as they live, their work is nothing but pain and sorrow. Even at night their minds can’t rest. That doesn’t have any meaning either.A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.Without his help, who can eat or find pleasure?God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness to the person who pleases him. But to a sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth. Then the sinner must hand it over to the one who pleases God. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

You have given him blessings that will never end. You have made him glad and joyful because you are with him.

I’ll say to myself,“ You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’

Why spend money on what is not food? Why work for what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me. Then you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the richest food there is.