⁵ Every ^(H)word of God is ^[c]pure;
He is a ^(I)shield to those who take refuge in Him.
^6 (J)Do not add to His words
Or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

⁷ Two things I have asked of You;
Do not refuse me before I die:
⁸ Keep deception and ^[d]lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the ^(K)food that is my portion,
⁹ So that I will not be ^(L)full and deny ^(M)You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And that I will not become ^(N)impoverished and steal,
And ^(O)profane the name of my God.

¹⁰ Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will ^(P)curse you and you will be found guilty.

¹¹ There is a ^[e]kind of person who ^(Q)curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
¹² There is a ^[f]kind who is ^(R)pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
¹³ There is a ^[g]kind—oh how ^(S)lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
¹⁴ There is a ^[h]kind of person whose ^(T)teeth are like swords
And his ^(U)jaw teeth like knives,
To ^(V)devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.

¹⁵ The leech has two daughters:
“Give” and “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
^16 [i](W)Sheol, the ^(X)infertile womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”
¹⁷ The eye that ^(Y)mocks a father
And ^[j](Z)scorns a mother,
The ^(AA)ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young ^(AB)eagles will eat it.

¹⁸ There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:
¹⁹ The way of the ^(AC)eagle in the sky,
The way of a snake on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a ^[k]virgin.
²⁰ This is the way of an ^(AD)adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

²¹ Under three things the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot endure:
²² Under a ^(AE)slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
²³ Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a female servant when she dispossesses her mistress.

²⁴ Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
²⁵ The ^(AF)ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;
²⁶ The ^(AG)rock hyraxes are not a mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
²⁷ The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ^(AH)ranks;
²⁸ The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹ There are three things which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk:
³⁰ The lion, which is ^(AI)mighty among animals
And does not ^[l](AJ)retreat from anything,
³¹ The ^[m]strutting rooster or the male goat,
And a king when his army is with him.

³² If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, ^(AK)put your hand on your mouth.
³³ For the ^[n]churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose produces blood;
So the ^[o]churning of ^(AL)anger produces strife.