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Lest 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.
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Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
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A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
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A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
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A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
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A generation -- swords [are] their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
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To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
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Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
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An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
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Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
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The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.