1The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:
2For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
5Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
6Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
7I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
