Wisdom 9:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ That he should order the world according to equity and justice, and execute justice with an upright heart:

⁴ Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children:

⁵ For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.