Sirach 51:12-14

Wycliffe Bible

¹² And thou hast delivered me from perdition, and thou hast delivered me from the wicked time. Therefore I shall acknowledge, and I shall say praising to thee; and I shall bless the name of the Lord.

¹³ When yet I was younger, before that I erred, or that I wandered, (or before that I travelled abroad), I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.

¹⁴ Before the time of eld (age), I asked for it, and unto the last things, I shall inquire (for) it; [Before time I asked for it, and unto the last things I shall greatly seek it;]