7 “Two things I ask of you, Lord;

do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;

give me neither poverty nor riches,

but give me only my daily bread.v

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disownw you

and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’x

Or I may become poor and steal,

and so dishonor the name of my God.y

10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,

or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 “There are those who curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers;z

12 those who are pure in their own eyesa

and yet are not cleansed of their filth;b

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,c

whose glances are so disdainful;

14 those whose teethd are swords

and whose jaws are set with knivese

to devourf the poorg from the earth

and the needy from among mankind.h