Sirach 2:1-3

Wycliffe Bible

2 Son, nighing (or approaching) to the service of God, stand thou in rightfulness, and dread; and make ready thy soul to (or for) temptation. [Son, nighing (or approaching) to the servage of God, stand in rightwiseness, and dread; and prepare thou thy soul to tempting.]

² Bear down thine heart, and suffer, and bow down thine ear, and take the words of understanding, and haste thou not into the time of death. [Bear down thine heart, and suffer, and bow in thine ear, and undertake the words of understanding, and hie thou not in time of oppressing.]

³ Suffer thou the sustainings of God; be thou joined to God, and abide thou, (so) that thy life wax, (or grow, or increase) in the last time.