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1Wisdom praises herself[#Prov 8.1–21]
and tells of her glory in the midst of her people.
2In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth,
and in the presence of his hosts she tells of her glory:
3“I came forth from the mouth of the Most High[#Prov 2.6; Wis 7.25]
and covered the earth like a mist.
4I encamped in the heights,[#Bar 3.29]
and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
5Alone I compassed the vault of heaven[#Job 22.14; Prov 8.27]
and traversed the depths of the abyss.
6Over waves of the sea, over all the earth,[#Prov 8.31; Sir 1.10]
and over every people and nation I have held sway.
7Among all these I sought a resting place;
in whose inheritance should I abide?
8“Then the Creator of all things gave me a command,[#Bar 3.37]
and my Creator pitched my tent.
He said, ‘Encamp in Jacob,
and in Israel receive your inheritance.’
9Before the ages, in the beginning, he created me,[#Prov 8.22, 25]
and for all the ages I shall not cease to be.
10In the holy tent I ministered before him,[#Ex 31.3; 35.31]
and so I was established in Zion.
11Thus in the beloved city he gave me a resting place,[#Ps 78.67, 68; 87.2]
and in Jerusalem was my domain.
12I took root in an honored people;[#Deut 32.9; 1 Kings 8.53; Jer 10.16]
in the portion of the Lord is my inheritance.
13“I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon[#Ps 92.12; 104.16; Hos 14.5; Sir 50.10, 12]
and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.
14I grew tall like a palm tree in En-gedi[#Ps 92.12; Hos 14.6; Sir 39.13; 50.8, 12; #24.14 Other ancient authorities read on the beaches]
and like rosebushes in Jericho;
like a fair olive tree in the field
and like a plane tree beside water I grew tall.
15Like cassia and camel’s thorn I gave forth perfume,[#Ex 30.23, 34, 36; Jn 19.39]
and like choice myrrh I spread my fragrance,
like galbanum, onycha, and stacte,
and like the odor of incense in the tent.
16Like a terebinth I spread out my branches,
and my branches are glorious and graceful.
17Like the vine I bud forth delights,[#Prov 8.19; Jn 15.1]
and my blossoms become glorious and abundant fruit.
19“Come to me, you who desire me,[#Isa 55.1]
and eat your fill of my fruits.
20For the memory of me is sweeter than honey[#Ps 19.10; 119.103]
and the possession of me sweeter than the honeycomb.
21Those who eat of me will hunger for more,
and those who drink of me will thirst for more.
22Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame,
and those who work with me will not sin.”
23All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God,[#Ex 24.3; Deut 4.1; 29.1, 2; 33.4; Jn 1.17]
the law that Moses commanded us
as an inheritance for the congregations of Jacob.
25It becomes full, like the Pishon, with wisdom[#Gen 2.11, 14; Sir 21.13]
and like the Tigris at the time of the spring harvest.
26It fills up, like the Euphrates, with understanding,[#Gen 2.14; Josh 3.15]
and like the Jordan at harvest time.
27It pours forth instruction like the Nile,[#Gen 2.13; #24.27 Syr: Gk It makes instruction shine forth like light]
like the Gihon at the time of vintage.
28The first man did not know wisdom fully,[#24.28 Gk her]
nor will the last one fathom her.
29For her thoughts are more abundant than the sea
and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.
30I came forth like a canal from a river,
like a water channel into a garden.
31I said, “I will water my garden[#Ezek 47.1–8]
and drench my flower beds.”
And look, my canal became a river
and my river a sea.
32I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn,
and I will make it clear from far away.
33I will again pour out teaching like prophecy[#Joel 2.28; Acts 2.18]
and leave it to all future generations.
34Observe that I have not labored for myself alone[#Sir 33.18]
but for all who seek wisdom.