Proverbs

²Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing]. ³I have not learned skillful and godly Wisdom, that I should have the knowledge or burden of the Holy One. ⁴Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know? [John 3:13; Rev. 19:12.] ⁵Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. [Ps. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9-11.] ⁶Add not to His words, lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar. ⁷Two things have I asked of You [O Lord]; deny them not to me before I die: ⁸Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,