KJV:
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
NASB:
Turn to me and be gracious to me, After Your manner with those who love Your name.
KJV:
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
NASB:
A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
KJV:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
NASB:
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
KJV:
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
NASB:
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
KJV:
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
NASB:
"Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?"
KJV:
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
NASB:
They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.
KJV:
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
NASB:
And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.