Mashaym (Proverbs) — 30

The Sayings of Agur

1 The sayings of Agur son of Yakah contain this message, I am weary, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH; I am weary and worn out, O my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

2 I am too stupid to be a man, and I lack common sense.

3 I have not mastered man's wisdom, nor do I know the Qadash One.

4 Who but my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH goes up to Shamaym and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who had created the whole wide world? What is his Name, and His son’s name? Tell me if you know!

5 Every Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH proves true. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is a shield to all who come to Him for protection.

6 Do not add to the Dabarym (words) of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, or He may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.

7 O my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die.

8 First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.

9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult the Qadash Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

10 Never slander a worker to the employer, or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.

12 They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.

13 They look proudly around, casting disdainful glances.

14 They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives, they devour the poor from the Arath and the needy from among mankind.

15 The leech has two suckers that cry out, “More, more!” There are three things that are never satisfied, no, four that never say, “Enough!”:

16 the grave, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.

17 The eye that mocks a father and despises a mother’s instructions will be plucked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by vultures.

18 There are three things that amaze me, no four things that I do not understand:

19 how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock,  how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man love a woman.

20 An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”

21 There are three things that make the Arath tremble, no four, it cannot endure:

22 a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers,

23 a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.

24 There are four things on Arath that are small but unusually wise:

25 Ants, they are not strong, but they store up food all summer.

26 Hyraxes, they are not powerful, but they make their homes among the rocks.

27 Locusts, they have no king, but they march in formation.

28 Lizards, they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things that walk with stately stride, no four, that strut about:

30 the lion, king of animals, who will not turn aside for anything,

31 the strutting rooster, the male goat, a king as he leads his army.

32 If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame.

33 As the beating of cream yields butter and striking the nose causes bleeding, so stirring up anger causes quarrels.