Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.(A)
Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[a]
like a bird from a hunter’s trap.[b](B)

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Footnotes

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