2I [counsel thee], Keep the king`s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4For the king`s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man`s heart discerneth time and judgment:
6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
