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“I ask two things from you, Lord.
    Don’t refuse me before I die.
Keep me from lying and being dishonest.
    And don’t make me either rich or poor;
    just give me enough food for each day.
If I have too much, I might reject you
    and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’
If I am poor, I might steal
    and disgrace the name of my God.

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Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

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