A reading from
the Book of Proverbs 30:5-9
Every word of God is tested;/ he is a shield to those who take refuge in him./ Add nothing to his words,/ lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver.
Two things I ask of you,/ deny them not to me before I die:/ Put falsehood and lying far from me,/ give me neither poverty nor riches;/ provide me only with the food I need;/ Lest, being full, I deny you,/ saying, “Who is the Lord?”/ Or, being in want, I steal,/ and profane the name of my God.
The word of the Lord.
