In thy going, thy steps shall not be pressed; and if thou shalt run thou shalt not be weak.

For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Have I not written to you excellent things
In counsels and knowledge,

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”

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Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

For the just one shall fall seven times, and rise: and the unjust shall be weak in evil

Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

A king who truly judges the weak, his throne shall be established forever.

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each.

The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle. Thus says the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and Ucal:

The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,