2. I say, “Keep the king’s command, because of your oath to God.
3. Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand in an unpleasant matter, for he does whatever pleases him.”
4. For the word of the king is powerful, and who would say to him, “What are you doing?”
5. He who keeps his command will know no evil thing;and a wise heart will know the appropriate time and just way.
6. For to every matter there is an appropriate time and just way,though a man’s distress weighs heavily on him.
7. For he does not know what will happen;for who can declare to him what will occur?
8. There is not a man with mastery over the wind to restrain it,nor with power over the day of death.And no one can discharge a battle,nor can wickedness rescue the one possessing it.
9. All this I saw while applying my heart to every work that is done under the sun, when one man rules over another to the other’s hurt.