Wisdom 8:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 They will wait while I am silent and listen when I speak;
and when I shall speak the more,
they will put their hands upon their mouths.[a]
13 Because of her I shall have immortality
and leave to those after me an everlasting memory.(A)
14 I shall govern peoples, and nations will be my subjects—(B)
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