Wisdom of Ben Sira 24:30-32

New Catholic Bible

³⁰ As for me, I was like a conduit from a river,
    like a stream into a garden.
³¹ I said to myself, “I will water my garden
    and drench its flower beds.”
And suddenly my conduit became a river,
    and my river expanded into a sea.
³² I will again make learning shine forth like the dawn,
    so that its light may be seen far and wide.