עֵת

The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

…a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

…a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

…a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

…a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

…a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

…a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.