7Two things have I asked of thee;

Deny me them not before I die:

8Remove far from me falsehood and lies;

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?

Or lest I be poor, and steal,

And use profanely the name of my God.

10Slander not a servant unto his master,

Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

11There is a generation that curse their father,

And bless not their mother.

12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,

And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids are lifted up.

14There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives,

To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Yea, four that say not, Enough:

16Sheol; and the barren womb;

The earth that is not satisfied with water;

And the fire that saith not, Enough.

17The eye that mocketh at his father,

And despiseth to obey his mother,

The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,

And the young eagles shall eat it.

18There are three things which are too wonderful for me,

Yea, four which I know not:

19The 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 maiden.