Sirach 39:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ he will seek out the hidden meanings of proverbs
    and be at home with the obscurities of parables.
⁴ He will serve among great men
    and appear before rulers;
he will travel through the lands of foreign nations,
    for he tests the good and the evil among men.
⁵ He will set his heart to rise early
    to seek the Lord who made him,
    and will make supplication before the Most High;
he will open his mouth in prayer
    and make supplication for his sins.