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The man declares, I am weary, O God;
    I am weary, O God, and worn out.^[b]
2 Surely I am too ^(a)stupid to be a man.
    I have not the understanding of a man.
³ I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I knowledge of ^(b)the Holy One.
⁴ Who has ^(c)ascended to heaven and come down?
    Who has ^(d)gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has ^(e)wrapped up the waters in a garment?
    Who has established all ^(f)the ends of the earth?
^(g)What is his name, and what is his son's name?
    Surely you know!

^5 (h)Every word of God proves true;
    he is ⁽ⁱ⁾a shield to those who take refuge in him.
^6 (j)Do not add to his words,
    lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

⁷ Two things I ask of you;
    deny them not to me ^(k)before I die:
⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with the food that is ^(l)needful for me,
⁹ lest I be ^(m)full and ⁽ⁿ⁾deny you
    and say, ^(o)"Who is the Lord?"
or lest I be poor and steal
    ^(p)and profane the name of my God.

^10 (q)Do not slander a servant to his master,
    ^(r)lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

¹¹ There are those^[c] who ^(s)curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.
¹² There are those who are ^(t)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.
¹³ There are those—how ^(u)lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!
¹⁴ There are those whose teeth are ^(v)swords,
    whose ^(w)fangs are knives,
to ^(x)devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mankind.

¹⁵ The leech has two daughters:
    Give and Give.^[d]
(y)Three things are never satisfied;
    ^(z)four never say, "Enough":
^16 (aa)Sheol, ^(ab)the barren womb,
    the land never satisfied with water,
    and the fire that never says, "Enough."

¹⁷ The eye that ^(ac)mocks a father
    and ^(ad)scorns to obey a mother
will ^(ae)be picked out by ^(af)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

^18 (ag)Three things are ^(ah)too wonderful for me;
    ^(ai)four I do not understand:
¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky,
    the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
    and the way of a man with a virgin.

²⁰ This is the way of an adulteress:
    she eats and wipes her mouth
    and says, "I have done no wrong."

²¹ Under ^(aj)three things ^(ak)the earth trembles;
    under ^(al)four it cannot bear up:
^22 (am)a slave when he becomes king,
    and a fool when he is ^(an)filled with food;
^23 (ao)an unloved woman when she ^(ap)gets a husband,
    and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

^24 (aq)Four things on earth are small,
    but they are exceedingly wise:
^25 (ar)the ants are a people not strong,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;
^26 (as)the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
    yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
²⁷ the locusts have no ^(at)king,
    yet all of them march in ^(au)rank;
²⁸ the lizard you can take in your hands,
    yet it is in kings' palaces.

^29 (av)Three things are stately in their tread;
    ^(aw)four are stately in their stride:
³⁰ the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
    and ^(ax)does not turn back before any;
³¹ the ^(ay)strutting rooster,^[e] the he-goat,
    and a king whose army is with him.^[f]

³² If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
    or if you have been devising evil,
    ^(az)put your hand on your mouth.
³³ For pressing milk produces curds,
    pressing the nose produces blood,
    and pressing anger produces strife.