17. I bud forth delights like a vine;my blossoms are glorious and rich fruit.
19. Come to me, all who desire me,and be filled with my fruits.
20. You will remember me as sweeter than honey,better to have than the honeycomb.
21. Those who eat of me will hunger still,those who drink of me will thirst for more.
22. Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame,and those who serve me will never go astray.”
23. All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God,the Law which Moses commanded usas a heritage for the community of Jacob.
25. It overflows, like the Pishon, with wisdom,and like the Tigris at the time of first fruits.
26. It runs over, like the Euphrates, with understanding,and like the Jordan at harvest time.
27. It floods like the Nile with instruction,like the Gihon at vintage time.
28. The first human being never finished comprehending wisdom,nor will the last succeed in fathoming her.
29. For deeper than the sea are her thoughts,and her counsels, than the great abyss.
30. Now I, like a stream from a river,and like water channeling into a garden—
31. I said, “I will water my plants,I will drench my flower beds.”Then suddenly this stream of mine became a river,and this river of mine became a sea.
32. Again I will make my teachings shine forth like the dawn;I will spread their brightness afar off.
33. Again I will pour out instruction like prophecyand bestow it on generations yet to come.