Proverbs 30:1-4; 24-33

[1]The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle.

Thus says the man: I am weary, O God,

I am weary, O God. How can I prevail?

[2]Surely I am too stupid to be human;

I do not have human understanding.

[3]I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.

[4]Who has ascended to heaven and come down?

Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?

Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is the person's name?

And what is the name of the person's child?

Surely you know!

 

[24]Four things on earth are small,

yet they are exceedingly wise:

[25]the ants are a people without strength,

yet they provide their food in the summer;

[26]the badgers are a people without power,

yet they make their homes in the rocks;

[27]the locusts have no king,

yet all of them march in rank;

[28]the lizard can be grasped in the hand,

yet it is found in kings' palaces.

 

[29]Three things are stately in their stride;

four are stately in their gait:

[30]the lion, which is mightiest among wild animals

and does not turn back before any;

[31]the strutting rooster, the he-goat,

and a king striding before his people.

 

[32]If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,

or if you have been devising evil,

put your hand on your mouth.

[33]For as pressing milk produces curds,

and pressing the nose produces blood,

so pressing anger produces strife.