1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, |
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? |
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: |
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. |
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. |
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
