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All good things came to me along with her, and in her hands uncounted wealth.
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I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom leads them; but I did not know that she was their mother.
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I learned without guile and I impart without grudging; I do not hide her wealth,
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for it is an unfailing treasure for men; those who get it obtain friendship with God, commended for the gifts that come from instruction.
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May God grant that I speak with judgment and have thought worthy of what I have received, for he is the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise.
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For both we and our words are in his hand, as are all understanding and skill in crafts.
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For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements;
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the beginning and end and middle of times, the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,
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the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,
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the natures of animals and the tempers of wild beasts, the powers of spirits and the reasonings of men, the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;
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I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,