Sirach 24

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¹ Wisdom sings her own praises, before her own people she proclaims her glory;	¹ Wisdom will praise herself, and will glory in the midst of her people.
² In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth, in the presence of his hosts she declares her worth:	² In the assembly of the Most High she will open her mouth, and in the presence of his host she will glory:
³ "From the mouth of the Most High I came forth, and mistlike covered the earth.	³ "I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth like a mist.
⁴ In the highest heavens did I dwell, my throne on a pillar of cloud.	⁴ I dwelt in high places, and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
⁵ The vault of heaven I compassed alone, through the deep abyss I wandered.	⁵ Alone I have made the circuit of the vault of heaven and have walked in the depths of the abyss.
⁶ Over waves of the sea, over all the land, over every people and nation I held sway.	⁶ In the waves of the sea, in the whole earth, and in every people and nation I have gotten a possession.
⁷ Among all these I sought a resting place; in whose inheritance should I abide?	⁷ Among all these I sought a resting place; I sought in whose territory I might lodge.
⁸ "Then the Creator of all gave me his command, and he who formed me chose the spot for my tent, Saying, 'In Jacob make your dwelling, in Israel your inheritance.'	⁸ Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and the one who created me assigned a place for my tent. And he said, 'Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.'
⁹ Before all ages, in the beginning, he created me, and through all ages I shall not cease to be.	⁹ From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shall not cease to exist.
¹⁰ In the holy tent I ministered before him, and in Zion I fixed my abode.	¹⁰ In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him, and so I was established in Zion.
¹¹ Thus in the chosen city he has given me rest, in Jerusalem is my domain.	¹¹ In the beloved city likewise he gave me a resting place, and in Jerusalem was my dominion.
¹² I have struck root among the glorious people, in the portion of the LORD, his heritage.	¹² So I took root in an honored people, in the portion of the Lord, who is their inheritance.
¹³ "Like a cedar on Lebanon I am raised aloft, like a cypress on Mount Hermon,	¹³ I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon, and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.
¹⁴ Like a palm tree in En-gedi, like a rosebush in Jericho, Like a fair olive tree in the field, like a plane tree growing beside the water.	¹⁴ I grew tall like a palm tree in En-ge'di, and like rose plants in Jericho; like a beautiful olive tree in the field, and like a plane tree I grew tall.
¹⁵ Like cinnamon, or fragrant balm, or precious myrrh, I give forth perfume; Like galbanum and onycha and sweet spices, like the odor of incense in the holy place.	¹⁵ Like cassia and camel's thorn I gave forth the aroma of spices, and like choice myrrh I spread a pleasant odor, like galbanum, onycha, and stacte, and like the fragrance of frankincense in the tabernacle.
¹⁶ I spread out my branches like a terebinth, my branches so bright and so graceful.	¹⁶ Like a terebinth I spread out my branches, and my branches are glorious and graceful.
¹⁷ I bud forth delights like the vine, my blossoms become fruit fair and rich.	¹⁷ Like a vine I caused loveliness to bud, and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.
¹⁸ Come to me, all you that yearn for me, and be filled with my fruits;	¹⁸ .
¹⁹ You will remember me as sweeter than honey, better to have than the honeycomb.	¹⁹ "Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my produce.
²⁰ He who eats of me will hunger still, he who drinks of me will thirst for more;	²⁰ For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.
²¹ He who obeys me will not be put to shame, he who serves me will never fail."	²¹ Those who eat me will hunger for more, and those who drink me will thirst for more.
²² All this is true of the book of the Most High's covenant, the law which Moses commanded us as an inheritance for the community of Jacob.	²² Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame, and those who work with my help will not sin."
²³ It overflows, like the Pishon, with wisdom-- like the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.	²³ All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded us as an inheritance for the congregations of Jacob.
²⁴ It runs over, like the Euphrates, with understanding, like the Jordan at harvest time.	²⁴ .
²⁵ It sparkles like the Nile with knowledge, like the Gihon at vintage time.	²⁵ It fills men with wisdom, like the Pishon, and like the Tigris at the time of the first fruits.
²⁶ The first man never finished comprehending wisdom, nor will the last succeed in fathoming her.	²⁶ It makes them full of understanding, like the Euphrates, and like the Jordan at harvest time.
²⁷ For deeper than the sea are her thoughts; her counsels, than the great abyss.	²⁷ It makes instruction shine forth like light, like the Gihon at the time of vintage.
²⁸ Now I, like a rivulet from her stream, channeling the waters into a garden,	²⁸ Just as the first man did not know her perfectly, the last one has not fathomed her;
²⁹ Said to myself, "I will water my plants, my flower bed I will drench"; And suddenly this rivulet of mine became a river, then this stream of mine, a sea.	²⁹ for her thought is more abundant than the sea, and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.
³⁰ Thus do I send my teachings forth shining like the dawn, to become known afar off.	³⁰ I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden.
³¹ Thus do I pour out instruction like prophecy and bestow it on generations to come.	³¹ I said, "I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot"; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.
	³² I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar;
	³³ I will again pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all future generations.
	³⁴ Observe that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.

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