"I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him [back] to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;

If you have nothing [with which] to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?

Like a crane [or] a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail [from looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.

I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay -- not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.

by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

You rebuke the proud -- the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.