⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
    give me neither poverty nor riches,
    but give me only my daily bread.^(A)
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown^(B) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’^(C)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.^(D)

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;^(E)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes^(F)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;^(G)
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,^(H)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
¹⁴ those whose teeth^(I) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives^(J)
to devour^(K) the poor^(L) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.^(M)

¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,^(N)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
¹⁶ the grave,^(O) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’