Study Desk

My son, if you have become ^(a)surety for your neighbor, Have ^[a]given a pledge for a stranger,

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the ^[b]hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

Give no ^(b)sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a ^(c)bird from the hand of the fowler.