[1]Love justice (Ws1:1-15)
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| | A(1:1-5) | | 1:1 Love justice (1:1) |
| | | B(1:6-10) | | | 1:7 For the spirit of the LORD fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows what man says.(1:7) |
| | A'(1:11-15) | | 1:15 For justice is undying. (1:15) |
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A: Justice. B: Omniscience. |
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[2]The ungodly person (Ws1:16-2:24)
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| | A(1:16) | | 1:16 It was the wicked who with hands and words invited death, considered it a friend, and pined for it, and made a covenant with it, Because they deserve to be in its possession,(1:16) |
| | | B(2:1-20) | | | Claim of the wicked person |
| | A'(2:21-24) | | 2:24 But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are in his possession experience it.(2:24) |
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A: Death of the wicked. B: Claim of the wicked person. |
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[3]The righteous person (Ws3:1-4:9)
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| | A(3:1-9) | | The just |
| | | B(3:10-12) | | | The wicked |
| | | | C(3:13-15) | | | | 3:13 Yes, blessed is she who, childless and undefiled (3:13) |
| | | | | D(3:16-19) | | | | | Children of the wicked |
| | | | C'(4:1-2) | | | | 4:1 Better is childlessness with virtue (4:1) |
| | | B'(4:3-6) | | | The wicked |
| | A'(4:7-9) | | The just |
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A: The just. B: The wicked. C: The just who is childless. D: Children of the wicked. |
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[4]Judgement of the LORD (Ws4:10-5:16)
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| | A(4:10-15) | | 4:10 He who pleased God was loved; he who lived among sinners was transported--(4:10) |
| | | B(4:16) | | | 4:16 Yes, the just man dead condemns the sinful who live (4:16) |
| | | | C(4:17-20) | | | | 4:17 For they see the death of the wise man and do not understand what the LORD intended for him, or why he made him secure. (4:17) |
| | | | | D(5:1) | | | | | 5:1 Then shall the just one with great assurance confront his oppressors who set at nought his labors. (5:1) |
| | | | C'(5:2-13) | | | | 5:3 They shall say among themselves, rueful and groaning through anguish of spirit: "This is he whom once we held as a laughingstock and as a type for mockery, (5:3) |
| | | B'(5:14) | | | 5:14 Yes, the hope of the wicked is like thistledown borne on the wind, (5:14) |
| | A'(5:15-16) | | 5:15 But the just live forever, and in the LORD is their recompense, and the thought of them is with the Most High. (5:15) |
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A: Life of the just. B: Judgement against the wicked. C: Foolishness of the wicked. D: The just. |
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[5]Judgement against the kings (Ws5:17-6:8)
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| | A(5:17-23) | | 5:17 He shall take his zeal for armor and he shall arm creation to requite the enemy (5:17) |
| | | B(6:1-4) | | | 6:1 Hear, therefore, kings, and understand; learn, you magistrates of the earth's expanse! (6:1) |
| | A'(6:5-8) | | 6:5 Terribly and swiftly shall he come against you (6:5) |
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A: Judgement of the LORD. B: Messages against kings. |
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[6]Seek wisdom (Ws6:9-25)
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| | A(6:9-11) | | 6:9 To you, therefore, O princes, are my words addressed that you may learn wisdom and that you may not sin. (6:9) |
| | | B(6:12-20) | | | 6:12 Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. (6:12) |
| | A'(6:21-25) | | 6:21 If, then, you find pleasure in throne and scepter, you princes of the peoples, honor Wisdom, that you may reign as kings forever. (6:21) |
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A: Messages against princes. B: Wisdom. |
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[7]Value of wisdom (Ws7:1-8:1)
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| | A(7:1-6) | | 7:6 one is the entry into life for all; and in one same way they leave it. (7:6) |
| | | B(7:7-12) | | | Value of wisdom |
| | A'(7:13-22a) | | 7:18 The beginning and the end and the midpoint of times (7:18) |
| | | B'(7:22b-8:1) | | | Power of wisdom |
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A: Beginning and end. B: Wisdom. |
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[8]Love for wisdom (Ws8:2-20)
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| | A(8:2-8) | | 8:2 Her I loved and sought after from my youth (8:2) |
| | | B'(8:9-16) | | | 8:10 For her sake I should have glory among the masses, and esteem from the elders, though I be but a youth. (8:10) |
| | A'(8:17-20) | | 8:18 and good pleasure in her friendship, and unfailing riches in the works of her hands (8:18) |
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A: Love for wisdom. B: Power of wisdom. |
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Prayer of Solomon |
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[10]The just man (Ws10:1-14)
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| | A(10:1-2) | | 10:1 she raised him up from his fall (10:1) |
| | | B(10:3) | | | 10:3 he perished through his fratricidal wrath (10:3) |
| | | | C(10:4) | | | | 10:4 When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it, piloting the just man on frailest wood.(10:4) |
| | | | | D(10:5) | | | | | 10:5 She knew the just man, kept him blameless before God, and preserved him resolute against pity for his child. (10:5) |
| | | | C'(10:6-9) | | | | 10:6 She delivered the just man from among the wicked who were being destroyed, when he fled as fire descended upon Pentapolis--(10:6) |
| | | B'(10:10-12) | | | 10:10 She, when the just man fled from his brother's anger, guided him in direct ways (10:10) |
| | A'(10:13-14) | | 10:13 She did not abandon the just man when he was sold, but delivered him from sin.(10:13) |
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A: Salvation from sins. B: Wrath against brothers. C: Salvation from disasters. D: To keep blameless before God. |
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[11]Wisdom led the Israelites out of Egypt (Ws10:15-11:14)
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| | A(10:15-19) | | 10:15 The holy people and blameless race--it was she who delivered them from the nation that oppressed them. (10:15) |
| | | B(10:20-21) | | | 10:20 Therefore the just despoiled the wicked; and they sang, O LORD, your holy name (10:20) |
| | A'(11:1-12) | | 11:1 She made their affairs prosper through the holy prophet. (11:1) |
| | | B'(11:13-14) | | | 11:13 they recognized the Lord. (11:13) |
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A: Power of wisdom. B: Reaction of the people. |
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[12]Conversion of the sinner (Ws11:15-12:27)
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| | A(11:15-22) | | 11:15 And in return for their senseless, wicked thoughts, which misled them into worshiping dumb serpents and worthless insects, You sent upon them swarms of dumb creatures for vengeance;(11:15) |
| | | B(11:23-12:2) | | | 11:23 But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook the sins of men that they may repent. (11:23) |
| | | | C(12:3-11) | | | | 12:8 But even these, as they were men, you spared, and sent wasps as forerunners of your army that they might exterminate them by degrees. (12:8) |
| | | B'(12:12-22) | | | 12:19 you gave your sons good ground for hope that you would permit repentance for their sins (12:19) |
| | A'(12:23-27) | | 12:24 For they went far astray in the paths of error, taking for gods the worthless and disgusting among beasts, deceived like senseless infants. (12:24) |
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A: Idolatry. B: Repentance. C: Pity for enemies. |
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[13]Nature worship (Ws13:1-9)
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| | A(13:1-2) | | 13:1 For all men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is (13:1) |
| | | B(13:3-5) | | | | 13:3 Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods (13:3) | (דספתהס) |
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| | A'(13:6-7) | | 13:7 but are distracted by what they see, because the things seen are fair. (13:7) |
| | | B'(13:8-9) | | | | "13:9 For if they so far succeeded in knowledge that they could speculate about the world, how did they not more quickly find its LORD? (13:9)" | (דספתהן) |
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A: To see. B: The master. |
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[14]Idolatry (Ws13:10-15:17)
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| | A(13:10-14:2) | | To make an idol |
| | | B(14:3-7) | | | 14:7 For blest is the wood through which justice comes about (14:7) |
| | | | C(14:8-12) | | | | 14:12 For the source of wantoness is the devising of idols; and their invention was a corruption of life. (14:12) |
| | | | | D(14:13-21) | | | | | Origin of the idols |
| | | | C'(14:22-31) | | | | Evils |
| | | B'(15:1-4) | | | 15:3 For to know you well is complete justice (15:3) |
| | A'(15:5-17) | | To make an idol |
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A: To make an idol. B: Justice. C: Evils. D: Origin of the idols. |
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[15]The guidance in the wilderness (Ws15:18-16:29)
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| | A(15:18-16:1) | | 16:1 Therefore they were fittingly punished by similar creatures, and were tormented by a swarm of insects.(16:1) |
| | | B(16:2-10) | | | 16:2 Instead of this punishment, you benefited your people with a novel dish, the delight they craved, by providing quail for their food; (16:2) |
| | | | C(16:11-15) | | | | 16:11 For as a reminder of your injunctions, they were stung, and swiftly they were saved, Lest they should fall into deep forgetfulness and become unresponsive to your beneficence. (16:11) |
| | A'(16:16-19) | | 16:16 For the wicked who refused to know you were punished by the might of your arm, Pursued by unwonted rains and hailstorms and unremitting downpours, and consumed by fire. (16:16) |
| | | B'(16:20-25) | | | 16:20 Instead of this, you nourished your people with food of angels and furnished them bread from heaven (16:20) |
| | | | C'(16:26-29) | | | | 16:26 it is your word that preserves those who believe you (16:26) |
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A: Punishment. B: Food. C: The words of the LORD. |
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[16]Punishment against Egyptian (Ws17:1-18:25)
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| | A(17:1-21) | | 17:2 when the lawless thought to enslave the holy nation, shackled with darkness, fettered by the long night, they lay confined beneath their own roofs as exiles from the eternal providence (17:2) |
| | | B(18:1-10) | | | 18:8 when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned (18:8) |
| | A'(18:11-19) | | 18:11 the slave was smitten with the same retribution as his master (18:11) |
| | | B'(18:20-25) | | | 18:20 But the trial of death touched at one time even the just, and in the desert a plague struck the multitude; Yet not for long did the anger last. (18:20) |
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A: Punishment against enemies. B: The trial of death. |
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[17]Punishment against the sinner (Ws19:1-22)
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| | A(19:1-5) | | 19:1 But the wicked, merciless wrath assailed until the end. For he knew beforehand what they were yet to do:(19:1) |
| | | B(19:6-12) | | | 19:6 For all creation, in its several kinds, was being made over anew, serving its natural laws, that your children might be preserved unharmed. (19:6) |
| | A'(19:13-17) | | 19:13 And the punishments came upon the sinners only after forewarnings from the violence of the thunderbolts. (19:13) |
| | | B'(19:18-22) | | | 19:18 For the elements, in variable harmony among themselves, like strings of the harp, produce new melody, while the flow of music steadily persists. And this can be perceived exactly from a review of what took place. (19:18) |
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A: Punishment. B: Creatures. |
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