7. Two things I ask from you; do not deny me before I die:
8. Keep falsehood and a lying word far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me with food only for my need.
9. Or else I will be satisfied and will deny him and say “Who is Yahweh?” Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.
10. Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.
11. There is a generation that will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.
12. There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.
13. There is a generation—how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and its jawbones, knives, in order to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
15. For the leech, there are two daughters; “Give, give!” they cry. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.
16. Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied with water, and fire does not say “enough!”
17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother— the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
18. Three of these are too wonderful for me, and four, I do not understand them:
19. the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
20. This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says “I have not done wrong.”
21. Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up: