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Praise of Wisdom[a]

24 Wisdom will praise herself,
    and she will boast in the midst of her people.
In the assembly of the Most High,
she will open her mouth,
    and in the presence of
    his heavenly forces, she will boast:
“I came forth from the mouth
of the Most High,
    and I covered the earth like a mist.
I lived in the heights,
    and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
I alone encircled the vault of heaven
    and walked in the depths of abysses.
In the waves of the sea and in every land,
    and among every people and nation,
    I led the way.
I sought a resting place
among all of these.
    In whose allotted territory
    should I make my home?

“Then the creator of all things
gave me a command;
    the one who created me pitched my tent
    and said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob,
    and let Israel receive your inheritance.’
Before the ages, from the beginning,
he created me,
    and till eternity I will never fail.
10 I ministered before him in the holy tent,
    and so I was established in Zion.
11 In the same way, he made
the dearly loved city my resting place
    and established my authority
    in Jerusalem.
12 I took root in a glorified people;
    among the people the Lord chose
    for his inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 24:1 The title appears in Gk manuscripts.

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