7. Two things I ask of You;don’t deny them to me before I die:
8. Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor wealth;feed me with the food I need.
9. Otherwise, I might have too much and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord? ” or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.
10. Don’t slander a servant to his masteror he will curse you, and you will become guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.
12. There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
13. There is a generation — how haughty its eyesand pretentious its looks.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
15. The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”Three things are never satisfied;four never say, “Enough! ”:
16. Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water;and fire, which never says, “Enough! ”