7. “Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:
8. Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
9. lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
10. “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12. There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.