23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what^[a] is before you,
² and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
³ Do not crave his delicacies,^(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

⁴ You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.^(A)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.^(B)

⁵ You strum away on your harps^(A) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.^(B)