The order of the two requests is significant. The wise man’s prayer is first and chiefly, truth in the inward parts, the removal of all fo…

Vanity. —Falsehood either towards God or man.

Food convenient for me.— Literally, bread of my portion,<…

Remove far from me vanity and lies This is the "first" request, to be preserved from sin, in general; which is a vain, lying, and …

Agur wisely prayed for a middle state, so that he might be kept at a distance from temptations; he asked for daily bread suited to his station, his…