| 1 Wisdom speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself. |
| 2 She opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the presence of theMighty One: |
| 3 'I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and I covered the earth like mist. |
| 4 I had my tent in the heights, and my throne was a pillar of cloud. |
| 5 Alone, I have made the circuit of the heavens and walked through the depths of the abyss. |
| 6 Over the waves of the sea and over the whole earth, and over every people and nation I have heldsway. |
| 7 Among all these I searched for rest, and looked to see in whose territory I might pitch camp. |
| 8 Then the Creator of all things instructed me and he who created me fixed a place for my tent. He said,"Pitch your tent in Jacob, make Israel your inheritance." |
| 9 From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shal remain. |
| 10 In the holy tent I ministered before him and thus became established in Zion. |
| 11 In the beloved city he has given me rest, and in Jerusalem I wield my authority. |
| 12 I have taken root in a privileged people, in the Lord's property, in his inheritance. |
| 13 I have grown tall as a cedar on Lebanon, as a cypress on Mount Hermon; |
| 14 I have grown tall as a palm in En-Gedi, as the rose bushes of Jericho; as a fine olive in the plain, as aplane tree, I have grown tal . |
| 15 Like cinnamon and acanthus, I have yielded a perfume, like choice myrrh, have breathed out a scent,like galbanum, onycha, labdanum, like the smoke of incense in the tent. |
| 16 I have spread my branches like a terebinth, and my branches are glorious and graceful. |
| 17 I am like a vine putting out graceful shoots, my blossoms bear the fruit of glory and wealth. |
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| 19 Approach me, you who desire me, and take your fil of my fruits, |
| 20 for memories of me are sweeter than honey, inheriting me is sweeter than the honeycomb. |
| 21 They who eat me wil hunger for more, they who drink me will thirst for more. |
| 22 No one who obeys me wil ever have to blush, no one who acts as I dictate wil ever sin.' |
| 23 Al this is no other than the Book of the Covenant of the Most High God, the Law that Moses enjoinedon us, an inheritance for the communities of Jacob. |
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| 25 This is what makes wisdom brim over like the Pishon, like the Tigris in the season of fruit, |
| 26 what makes intel igence overflow like the Euphrates, like the Jordan at harvest time; |
| 27 and makes discipline flow like the Nile, like the Gihon when the grapes are harvested. |
| 28 The first man did not finish discovering about her, nor has the most recent tracked her down; |
| 29 for her thoughts are wider than the sea, and her designs more profound than the abyss. |
| 30 And I, like a conduit from a river, like a watercourse running into a garden, |
| 31 I said, 'I am going to water my orchard, I intend to irrigate my flower beds.' And see, my conduit hasgrown into a river, and my river has grown into a sea. |
| 32 Making discipline shine forth from daybreak, I shal send its light far and wide. |
| 33 I shal pour out teaching like prophecy, as a legacy to al future generations. |
| 34 And note, I have been working not merely for myself, but for al who are seeking wisdom. |