Sirach 2:1-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

2 My child, when you come to serve the Lord,
    prepare yourself for testing.^[a]
2 Set your heart right and be steadfast,
    and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.
³ Cling to him and do not depart,
    so that your last days may be prosperous.
⁴ Accept whatever befalls you,
    and in times of humiliation be patient.
⁵ For gold is tested in the fire,
    and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation.^[b]
6 Trust in him, and he will help you;
    make your ways straight, and hope in him.