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² I am more stupid than any other person,^(F1)
and I lack a human’s ability to understand.^(C1)3 I have not gained wisdom,
and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.^(C1)4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down?^(C1)
Who has gathered the wind in his hands?
Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?^(C2)
Who has established all the ends of the earth?^(C3)
What is his name,
and what is the name of his son—
if you know?^(C4)5 Every word of God is pure;^(F1)(C1)
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.^(C2)6 Don’t add to his words,^(C1)
or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.^(C2)

⁷ Two things I ask of you;
don’t deny them to me before I die:⁸ Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.^(C1)9 Otherwise, I might have too much^(C1)
and deny you,^(C2) saying, “Who is the Lord?” ^(C3)
or I might have nothing and steal,^(C4)
profaning^(F1) the name of my God.^(C5)

¹⁰ Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you,^(C1) and you will become guilty.

¹¹ There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.^(C1)12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,^(C1)
yet is not washed from its filth.¹³ There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.^(F1)14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,^(C1)
whose fangs are knives,^(C2)
devouring the oppressed from the land^(C3)
and the needy from among mankind.

¹⁵ The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things^(C1) are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:¹⁶ Sheol;^(C1) a childless womb;^(C2)
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

¹⁷ As for the eye that ridicules a father^(C1)
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.^(C2)

¹⁸ Three things are too wondrous for me;
four I can’t understand:¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.

²⁰ This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”^(C1)

²¹ The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:²² a servant when he becomes king,^(C1)
a fool when he is stuffed with food,²³ an unloved woman when she marries,^(C1)
and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.

²⁴ Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:²⁵ ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;^(C1)26 hyraxes are not a mighty people,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;^(C1)27 locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in ranks;^(C1)28 a lizard^(F1) can be caught in your hands,
yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

²⁹ Three things are stately in their stride;
four are stately in their walk:³⁰ a lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and doesn’t retreat before anything;³¹ a strutting rooster;^(F1) a goat;
and a king at the head of his army.^(F2)

³² If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.^(C1)33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.^(C1)