8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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But godliness with contentment is great gain. …
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. …
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-9)After Agur’s confession and creed, here follows his litany, where we may observe, I. The preface to his prayer: Two things have I required (that is, requested ) of thee, O God! Before we go to pray it is good to consider what we need, and what the things are which we have to ask of God.—What does our case require? What do our hearts desire? What would we that God should do for us?--that we may not…
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