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I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
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Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
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For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
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Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
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There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
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There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
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There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
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There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
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The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
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The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
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The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.