28 My son, live not ha beggar’s lifeh;

Better is one dead ithan importunatei.

29 A man that looketh to a stranger’s table—

His life is not to be reckoned as a life:

jA pollution of his soulj are kthe dainties presentedk,

lAnd to an understanding man inward torturel.

30 mIn the mouth of an insatiable (man)m begging is sweet,

But inwardly it burneth as fire.

(d) 41:1–4. Two views on death

(= 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 distichs).