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

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.

Lord, many are asking,“ Who will make us successful?” Lord, may you do good things for 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 will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

O LORD God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”’

O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

Smile on your servant! Teach me your statutes!

How blessed are the people who worship you! O LORD, they experience your favor.

May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us!( Selah)

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies!For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:“ May men praise you, for you have done well!”But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

“ There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth- eaten.Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

Come now, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine( all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock– both herds and flocks– than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight– a harem of beautiful concubines!So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“ All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king’s successor do than what the king has already done?I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.So I thought to myself,“ The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?” So I lamented to myself,“ The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile– like chasing the wind.So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him.For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth– only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile– like chasing the wind!

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

And I will say to myself,“ You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!