Sirach 24:1-12

1. 1 Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.

2. 2 In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.

3. 3 I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.

4. 4 I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.

5. 5 I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.

6. 6 In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.

7. 7 With all these I sought rest: and in whose inheritance shall I abide?

8. 8 So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.

9. 9 He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.

10. 10 In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.

11. 11 Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.

12. 12 And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.

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