2. Surely I am more carnal than any man and have not the understanding of a man.
3. I neither learned wisdom nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4. Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
5. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
6. Do not add unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7. Two things have I required of thee; do not deny me them before I die:
8. Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my judgment:
9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and blaspheme the name of my God.
10. Do not accuse a slave in the presence of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their molars as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the destitute from among men.