9. And I lifted up my supplication from the earth, And prayed for deliverance from death.
10. I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, That he would not forsake me in the days of affliction, In the time when there was no help against the proud.
11. I will praise your name continually, And will sing praise with thanksgiving; And my supplication was heard:
12. For you saved me from destruction, And delivered me from the evil time: Therefore will I give thanks and praise to you, And bless the name of the Lord.
13. When I was yet young, Or ever I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
14. Before the temple I asked for her, And I will seek her out even to the end.
15. From her flower as from the ripening grape my heart delighted in her: My foot trod in uprightness, From my youth I tracked her out.
16. I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, And found for myself much instruction.
17. I profited in her: To him that gives me wisdom I will give glory.
18. For I purposed to practice her, And I was zealous for that which is good; And I shall never be put to shame.
19. My soul has wrestled in her, And in my doing I was exact: I spread forth my hands to the heaven above, And bewailed my ignorances of her.
20. I set my soul aright to her, And in pureness I found her. I got me a heart joined with her from the beginning: Therefore shall I not be forsaken.
21. My inward part also was troubled to seek her: Therefore I have gotten a good possession.
22. The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward; And I will praise him therewith.