¹⁰ ·No one else can know your sadness [^LA heart knows its emotional distress],
and strangers cannot share your joy.

¹³ ·Someone who is laughing may be sad inside [^LEven in laughter the heart may feel pain],
and joy may end in sadness.

¹³ ·Happiness makes a person smile [^LA joyful heart brightens one’s face],
but ·sadness [^La troubled heart] can break a person’s spirit.

²² A happy heart ·is like good medicine [^Lbrings healing],
but a broken spirit ·drains your strength [^Ldries up bone].

¹⁴ The ·will to live [^Lhuman spirit] can get you through sickness,
but ·no one can live with [^Lwho can bear…?] a broken spirit.

²⁰ Singing songs to ·someone who is sad [^La troubled heart]
    is like taking away his coat on a cold day
or pouring vinegar on soda [^Csodium bicarbonate; mixing the two would cause an adverse reaction; the Greek Old Testament reads “scab” or “wound” instead of “soda”].

¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make ·me [^Lmy heart] happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.

⁶ Evil people are trapped by their own ·sin [offenses],
but ·good [righteous] people can sing and be happy.