Proverbs 30
The Words Of Agur
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle.
The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.
Do not refuse me before I die:
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.
And does not bless his mother.
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
Four which I do not understand:
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”
And under four, it cannot bear up:
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
But they are exceedingly wise:
But they prepare their food in the summer;
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
Yet all of them go out in ranks;
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.
Even four which are stately when they walk:
And does not retreat before any,
And a king when his army is with him.
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.