¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(A)

⁹ Foreigners sap his strength,^(A)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.

³ Do not spend your strength^[a] on women,
    your vigor on those who ruin kings.^(A)

³⁵ He will not accept any compensation;
    he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.^(A)