8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;Give me neither poverty nor riches—Feed me with the food allotted to me;
9 Lest I be full and deny You,And say, “Who is the Lord?”Or lest I be poor and steal,And profane the name of my God.
10 Do not malign a servant to his master,Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses its father,And does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13 There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!And their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,And whose fangs are like knives,To devour the poor from off the earth,And the needy from among men.