2 You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.

5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the¹ fowler. ‡

6 ^aGo to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise, ‡