1 My son, if you have become surety to your neighbor,given your hand in pledge to another,
2 You have been snared by the utterance of your lips,caught by the words of your mouth;
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,since you have fallen into your neighbor’s power:Go, hurry, rouse your neighbor!
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the hunter,or like a bird from the hand of the fowler.