Song of Solomon 4

¹ Alle thingis han tyme, and alle thingis vndur sunne passen bi her spaces. ² Tyme of birthe, and time of diyng; tyme to plaunte, and tyme to drawe vp that that is plauntid. ³ Tyme to sle, and tyme to make hool; tyme to distrie, and tyme to bilde. ⁴ Tyme to wepe, and tyme to leiye; tyme to biweile, and tyme to daunse. ⁵ Tyme to scatere stoonys, and tyme to gadere togidere; tyme to colle, and tyme to be fer fro collyngis. ⁶ Tyme to wynne, and tyme to leese; tyme to kepe, and tyme to caste awei. ⁷ Tyme to kitte, and tyme to sewe togidere; tyme to be stille, and tyme to speke. ⁸ Tyme of loue, and tyme of hatrede; tyme of batel, and tyme of pees. ⁹ What hath a man more of his trauel? ¹⁰ I siy the turment, which God yaf to the sones of men, that thei be occupied therynne. ¹¹ God made alle thingis good in her tyme, and yaf the world to disputyng of hem, that a man fynde not the werk which God hath wrouyt fro the bigynnyng til in to the ende. 12 And Y knew that no thing was betere to a man, no but to be glad, and to do good werkis in his lijf. 13 For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte of God. 14 I haue lerned that alle werkis, whiche God made, lasten stidfastli til in to with outen ende; we moun not adde ony thing to tho, nether take awei fro tho thingis, whiche God made, that he be dred. ¹⁵ That thing that is maad, dwellith perfitli; tho thingis that schulen come, weren bifore; and God restorith that, that is goon. ¹⁶ I siy vndur sunne vnfeithfulnesse in the place of doom; and wickidnesse in the place of riytfulnesse.