1. My son, if you become surety for your friend,If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2. You are snared by the words of your mouth;You are taken by the words of your mouth.
3. So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;For you have come into the hand of your friend:Go and humble yourself;Plead with your friend.
4. Give no sleep to your eyes,Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5. Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6. Go to the ant, you sluggard!Consider her ways and be wise,