⁷ And I saw among the simple,
    I observed among the youth,
    a young man lacking sense,^[a]

²¹ Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense,^[a]
    and a person of understanding will walk upright.^[b]

¹⁸ A person who lacks sense^[a] pledges;^[b]
    he becomes security before his neighbor.