Wisdom of Solomon 9
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1O God of fathers, and Lord of mercie, which hast made all things with thy worde, 2And ordeined man thorow thy wisdome, that he shulde haue dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made, 3And gouerne the worlde according to equitie and righteousnes, & execute iudgement with an vpright heart. 4Giue me that wisdome, which sitteth by thy throne, and put me not out from among thy children. 5For I thy seruant, & sonne of thine handmaide am a feble persone, & of a shorte time, and yet lesse in the vnderstanding of iudgement and the lawes. 6And thogh a man be neuer so perfite among the children of men, yet if thy wisdome be not with him, he shalbe nothing regarded. 7Thou hast chosen me to be a King of thy people, and the iudge of thy sonnes & daughters. 8Thou hast commanded me to buyld a temple vpon thine holy Mount, & an altar in the citie, wherein thou dwellest, a likenes of thine holie Tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning, 9And thy wisdome with thee, which knoweth thy workes, which also was when thou madest the worlde, and which knewe what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandements. 10Send her out of thine holy heauens, & send her from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me, & labour, that I may know what is acceptable in thy sight. 11For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all things, and she shal lead me soberly in my workes, & preserue me by her glorie. 12So shal my workes be acceptable, & then shal I gouerne thy people righteously, & be mete for my fathers throne. 13For what man is he that can knowe the counsel of God? or who can thinke what the wil of God is? 14For the thoghts of mortal men are feareful, and our forecastes are vncerteine, 15Because a corruptible bodie is vnto the soule, & the earthlie mansion kepeth downe the minde that is ful of cares. 16And hardly can we discerne the things that are vpon earth, and with great labour finde we out the things which are before vs: who can then seke out the things that are in heauen? 17Who can know thy counsel, except thou giue him wisdome, and send thine holy Spirit from aboue? 18For so the waies of them which are vpon earth, are reformed, & men are taught the things that are pleasant vnto thee, and are preserued thorow wisdome.