1. Wisdom will praise herself,and she will boast in the midst of her people.
2. In the assembly of the Most High,she will open her mouth,and in the presence ofhis heavenly forces, she will boast:
3. “I came forth from the mouthof the Most High,and I covered the earth like a mist.
4. I lived in the heights,and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
5. I alone encircled the vault of heavenand walked in the depths of abysses.
6. In the waves of the sea and in every land,and among every people and nation,I led the way.
7. I sought a resting placeamong all of these.In whose allotted territoryshould I make my home?
8. “Then the creator of all thingsgave me a command;the one who created me pitched my tentand said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob,and let Israel receive your inheritance.’
9. Before the ages, from the beginning,he created me,and till eternity I will never fail.
10. I ministered before him in the holy tent,and so I was established in Zion.
11. In the same way, he madethe dearly loved city my resting placeand established my authorityin Jerusalem.
12. I took root in a glorified people;among the people the Lord chosefor his inheritance.
13. ‘I rose high like a cedar in Lebanon,like a cypress on Mount Hermon.
14. I rose high like a palm in En-geddi,and like rosebushes in Jericho,like a fair olive tree in a field.I rose high like a plane tree.
15. Like cinnamon and camel’s thornused for spices,I gave off a fine aroma.Like choice myrrh,I spread forth my fragrance,like galbanum, onycha, and stacte,and like the smell of frankincensein the tent.
16. Like a terebinth oakI spread out my branches,and my branches were gloriousand graceful.
17. Gracious favor was the leafthat I put forth like a vine,and honor and wealthwere the fruit that my blossoms bore.
19. "Come to me, you who desire me,and take your fill of my produce.
20. Calling me to mind is sweeterthan honey,and possessing meis better than a dripping honeycomb.
21. Those who eat of me will hungerfor more,and those who drink of mewill thirst for more.
22. Whoever obeys me won’t be ashamed,and those who work with mewon’t sin."
23. All these things are in the covenant scroll of the Most High God,the Law that Moses commanded us,the inheritance of the congregationsof Jacob.
25. God supplies Wisdom comparableto the fullness of the Pishon River,even like the Tigris Riverin the springtime.
26. God provides understandingas deep as the Euphrates,or like the Jordan at the timeof the harvest.
27. God pours forth understanding like light,as does the Gihon Springat the time of the grape harvest.
28. The first humandidn’t know Wisdom completely,and so the last won’t probe her fully.
29. Her thoughts are more plentifulthan the sea;her counsel is deeperthan the great abyss.
30. Like a canal from a river,like an irrigation channel,I went out into a garden.
31. I said, “I’ll water my garden,and I’ll drench my flower bed.And look! The canalturned into a river for me,and my river turned into a sea.
32. I’ll continue to make instructionshine forth like the dawn,and I’ll make things clearto those who are far off.
33. I’ll continue to pour out teachinglike prophecy,and I’ll leave it behindfor future generations.
34. See, I’ve not labored for myself alone,but for all those who seek her.”