12
For thou savedst me from destruction, and deliveredst me from the evil time: therefore will I give thanks, and praise thee, and bless they name, O Lord.
13
When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.
14
I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
15
Even from the flower till the grape was ripe hath my heart delighted in her: my foot went the right way, from my youth up sought I after her.
16
I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.