1.
Send forth your bread upon the surface of the water, for after many days you will find it.
2.
Give a portion to seven and even to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
3.
If the clouds be full of rain, they will empty it upon the earth, and if a tree rests in the south or in the north, the place where the tree rests, there it will be.
4.
He who waits for the wind will not sow, and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
5.
As you do not know what is the way of the wind, just as things enclosed in the full womb; so will you not know God's work, Who does everything.
6.
In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not withhold your hand, for you know not which will succeed, this one or that one, or whether both of them will be equally good.
7.
And the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many; all that befalls [him] is vanity.
9.
Rejoice, O youth, in your childhood, and let your heart bring you cheer in the days of your youth, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these God will bring you to judgment.
10.
And remove anger from your heart, and take evil away from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.
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