Every word of God is unalloyed,

  he is the shield of those who take refuge in him.

To his words make no addition,

  lest he reprove you and know you for a fraud.

Two things I beg of you,

  do not grudge me them before I die:

keep falsehood and lies far from me,

  give me neither poverty nor riches,

  grant me only my share of bread to eat,

for fear that surrounded by plenty, I should fall away

  and say, ‘the Lord – who is the Lord?’

or else, in destitution, take to stealing

  and profane the name of my God.