18. For it is a pleasant thing if thou be shomer over them within thee; they shall therewith abide ready upon thy sfatayim (lips).
19. That thy trust may be in Hashem, I have made thee know this yom, even thee!
20. Have not I written to thee shloshim (thirty sayings) in mo'etzot (counsels) and da'as,
21. That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee?
22. Exploit not the dal (poor), because he is dal (poor); neither oppress the oni (afflicted) in the sha'ar,
23. For Hashem will plead their cause, and plunder the nefesh of those that plundered them.
24. Make no friendship with a ba'al af (angry man), and with an ish chemot (man of wrath) thou shalt not go,
25. Lest thou learn his orkhot (ways), and take a mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh.
26. Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, or of them that are collateral for masha'ot (debts, loans).
27. If thou hast nothing with which to pay, why should he take away thy mishkav (bed) from under thee?
28. Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark), which avoteicha have set.