1 My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor,and have become a guarantor for a stranger,
2 if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered,and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
3 then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself,because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power:go, humble yourself,and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
4 Permit no sleep to your eyesor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare,and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;observe its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,