Proverbs 30

¹Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.

²For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

³Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

⁴Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!

⁵Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.

⁶Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

⁷Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.

⁸Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

⁹Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who [is] Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

¹⁰Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

¹¹A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

¹²A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

¹³A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.