Sirach 38:29-31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁹ So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.

³⁰ The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.

³¹ He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them, to perfection.