2Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;
7Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,