1The Lord created human beings out of earth,
    and makes them return to it again.
2He gave them a fixed number of days,
    but granted them authority over everything on the earth.[a]
3He endowed them with strength like his own,[b]
    and made them in his own image.
4He put the fear of them[c] in all living beings,
    and gave them dominion over beasts and birds.[d]
6Discretion and tongue and eyes,
    ears and a mind for thinking he gave them.
7He filled them with knowledge and understanding,
    and showed them good and evil.
8He put the fear of him into[e] their hearts
    to show them the majesty of his works.[f]
10And they will praise his holy name,
9    to proclaim the grandeur of his works.
11He bestowed knowledge upon them,
    and allotted to them the law of life.[g]
12He established with them an eternal covenant,
    and revealed to them his decrees.
13Their eyes saw his glorious majesty,
    and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
14He said to them, “Beware of all evil.”
    And he gave commandment to each of them concerning the neighbor.
15Their ways are always known to him;
    they will not be hid from his eyes.[h]
17He appointed a ruler for every nation,
    but Israel is the Lord’s own portion.[i]
19All their works are as clear as the sun before him,
    and his eyes are ever upon their ways.
20Their iniquities are not hidden from him,
    and all their sins are before the Lord.[j]
22One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord,[k]
    and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.[l]
23Afterward he will rise up and repay them,
    and he will bring their recompense on their heads.
24Yet to those who repent he grants a return,
    and he encourages those who are losing hope.