Wisdom of Solomon 7

7:1

I myself am also mortal, like everyone else,

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7:2

I moulded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb,

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7:3

I also, when I was born, drew in the common air,

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7:4

I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes.

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7:5

For no king had a different beginning,

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7:6

but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure.

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7:7

For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me.

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7:8

I preferred her before sceptres and thrones.

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7:9

Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem,

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7:10

I loved her more than health and beauty,

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7:11

All good things came to me with her,

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7:12

And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them;

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7:13

As I learnt without guile, I impart without grudging.

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7:14

For she is a treasure for men that doesn’t fail,

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7:15

But may God grant that I may speak his judgement,

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7:16

For both we and our words are in his hand,

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7:17

For he himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are,

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7:18

the beginning, end, and middle of times;

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7:19

the circuits of years and the positions of stars;

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7:20

the natures of living creatures and the raging of wild beasts;

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7:21

All things that are either secret or manifest I learnt,

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7:22

for wisdom, that is the architect of all things, taught me.

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7:23

beneficent, loving towards man, steadfast, sure, free from care, all-powerful, all-surveying,

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7:24

For wisdom is more mobile than any motion.

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7:25

For she is a breath of the power of God,

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7:26

For she is a reflection of everlasting light,

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7:27

Although she is one, she has power to do all things.

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7:28

For God loves nothing as much as one who dwells with wisdom.

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7:29

For she is fairer than the sun,

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7:30

For daylight yields to night,

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