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1The senseless have vain and false hopes,
and dreams give wings to fools.
2As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind,[#Job 20.8; Eccl 5.7; 2 Esd 10.36]
so is anyone who pays attention to dreams.
3What is seen in dreams is but a reflection,[#Prov 27.19]
the likeness of a face looking at itself.
4From an unclean thing, what can be clean?[#Job 14.4; Jn 3.6]
And from something false, what can be true?
5Divinations and omens and dreams are unreal,[#Jer 14.14; 23.25]
and like a woman in labor the mind has fantasies.
6Unless they are sent by intervention from the Most High,[#Gen 46.2; Num 12.6]
pay no attention to them.
7For dreams have deceived many,
and those who put their hope in them have perished.
8Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled,
and wisdom is complete in a trustworthy mouth.
9People who have traveled know many things,[#Sir 36.25; #34.9 Other ancient authorities read are educated]
and those with much experience know what they are talking about.
10The inexperienced know few things,
11but those who have traveled acquire much cleverness.[#Sir 39.4; 51.13]
12I have seen many things in my travels,
and I understand more than I can express.
13I have often been in danger of death[#Sir 51.2–12]
but have escaped because of these experiences.
14The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live,[#Isa 38.16]
15for their hope is in him who saves them.
16Those who fear the Lord will not be timid[#Ps 71.5; 112.1, 7; 1 Pet 3.14]
or play the coward, for he is their hope.
17Happy are souls that fear the Lord!
18To whom do they look? And who is their support?
19The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him,[#Ps 33.18; 59.16; Prov 3.26]
a mighty shield and strong support,
a shelter from scorching heat and a shade from noonday sun,
a guard against stumbling and a help against falling.
20He lifts up the soul and makes the eyes sparkle;[#Ezra 9.8; Ps 13.3]
he gives health and life and blessing.
21If one sacrifices ill-gotten goods, the offering is blemished;[#Prov 21.27; #34.21 Other ancient authorities read is made in mockery]
22the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.[#34.22 Other ancient authorities read mockeries]
23The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly,[#1 Sam 15.22; Isa 1.11–13]
nor for a multitude of sacrifices does he forgive sins.
24Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes[#2 Sam 12.3, 4]
is the person who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
25The bread of the needy is the life of the poor;
whoever deprives them of it is a murderer.
26To take away a neighbor’s living is to commit murder;[#Sir 4.1]
27to deprive an employee of wages is to shed blood.[#Lev 19.13; Tob 4.14; Sir 7.20]
28When one builds and another tears down,
what do they gain but hard work?
29When one prays and another curses,
to whose voice will the Lord listen?
30If one washes after touching a corpse and touches it again,[#Num 19.11, 12]
what has been gained by washing?
31So if one fasts for his sins[#Isa 58.3; 2 Pet 2.21]
and goes again and does the same things,
who will listen to his prayer?
And what has he gained by humbling himself?