Ben Sira 24:28-32

28 Just as the first man did not know her perfectly, the last one has not fathomed her;

29 for her thought is more abundant than the sea, and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.

30 I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden.

31 I said, "I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot"; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.

32 I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar;