8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor wealth;feed me with the food I need.
9 Otherwise, I might have too much and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord? ” or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.
10 Don’t slander a servant to his masteror he will curse you, and you will become guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
13 There is a generation — how haughty its eyesand pretentious its looks.
14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.