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¹³When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.
¹⁴I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
¹⁵Even 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.
¹⁶I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.
¹⁷I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.
¹⁸For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
¹⁹My 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.
²⁰I directed my soul unto her, and I found her in pureness: I have had my heart joined with her from the beginning, therefore shall I not be foresaken.
²¹My heart was troubled in seeking her: therefore have I gotten a good possession.
²²The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.