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.
15. “The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’
16. Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’