Parental Counsel

1
My son, if you have become (A)surety for your neighbor,
Have (a)given a pledge for a stranger,
2
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the (b)hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
4
Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 6:1: ['Lit ', clapped your palms]
b. Proverbs 6:3: ['Lit ', palm]