Sirach 24:11-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³ “I grew tall like a cedar in Leb′anon,
    and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.
¹⁴ I grew tall like a palm tree in En-ged′i,^[a]
    and like rose plants in Jericho;
like a beautiful olive tree in the field,
    and like a plane tree I grew tall.
¹⁵ Like cassia and camel’s thorn I gave forth the aroma of spices,
    and like choice myrrh I spread a pleasant odor,
like gal′banum, on′ycha, and stacte,
    and like the fragrance of frankincense in the tabernacle.
¹⁶ Like a terebinth I spread out my branches,
    and my branches are glorious and graceful.
¹⁷ Like a vine I caused loveliness to bud,
    and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.^[b]

¹⁹ “Come to me, you who desire me,
    and eat your fill of my produce.
²⁰ For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey,
    and my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.