11. But with her there came to me all good things together, And in her hands innumerable riches:
12. And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them; Though I knew not that she was the mother of them.
13. As I learned without guile, I impart without grudging; I do not hide her riches.
14. For she is to men a treasure that fails not, And they that use it obtain friendship with God, Commended to him by the gifts which they through discipline present to him.
15. But to me may God give to speak with judgement, And to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me; Because himself is one that guideth even wisdom and that correcteth the wise.
16. For in his hand are both we and our words; All understanding, and all acquaintance with various crafts.
17. For himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are, To know the constitution of the world, and the operation of the elements;
18. The beginning and end and middle of times, The alternations of the solstices and the changes of seasons,