Sirach 38:30-32

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

³² So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number: