7. Two things have I asked of You [O Lord]; deny them not to me before I die:
8. Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9. Lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor and steal, and so profane the name of my God. [Deut. 8:12, 14, 17; Neh. 9:25, 26; Job 31:24; Hos. 13:6.]
10. Do not accuse and hurt a servant before his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty [of adding to the burdens of the lowly].
11. There is a class of people who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12. There is a class of people who are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their own filth.
13. There is a class of people–oh, how lofty are their eyes and their raised eyelids!
14. There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men.
15. The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough:
16. Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough.
17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. [Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20; 23:22.]
18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I do not understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.