8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
^aFeed me with the food allotted to me; ‡

9 ^aLest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God. ‡

11 There is a generation that curses its ^afather,
And does not bless its mother. ‡

12 There is a generation ^athat is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness. ‡