1. The words of Agur, son of Jakeh the Massaite:The pronouncement of mortal man: “I am weary, O God;I am weary, O God, and I am exhausted.
2. I am more brute than human being,without even human intelligence;
3. Neither have I learned wisdom,nor have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
4. Who has gone up to heaven and come down again—who has cupped the wind in the hollow of the hand?Who has bound up the waters in a cloak—who has established all the ends of the earth?What is that person’s name, or the name of his son?”
5. Every word of God is tested;he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6. Add nothing to his words,lest he reprimand you, and you be proved a liar.
7. Two things I ask of you,do not deny them to me before I die:
8. Put falsehood and lying far from me,give me neither poverty nor riches;provide me only with the food I need;
9. Lest, being full, I deny you,saying, “Who is the Lord?”Or, being in want, I steal,and profane the name of my God.