2I say, "Keep the king`s command!" because of the oath to God.
3Don`t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don`t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
4for the king`s word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
6For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
7For he doesn`t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practices it.
