1 Beni (my son), if thou put up collateral for thy re’a,
if thou hast shaken hands in pledge with a zar (stranger),
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy peh (mouth),
thou art trapped with the words of thy peh (mouth).
3 Do this now, beni (my son), and deliver thyself,
since thou art come into the palm of thy re’a;
go, humble thyself, and plead with thy re’a.
4 Give not sheynah to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the yad,6:5 of the hunter
and as a tzippor (bird) from the yad of the fowler.