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Sirach 51:17
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Sirach 51:17
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I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.
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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.
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I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.
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I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.
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For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
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My soul hath wrestled with her, and in my doings I was exact: I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.