Baruch 3:9–15, 32–38 — The Praise of Wisdom

⁹Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayest learn prudence.

¹⁰How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land?

¹¹Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.

¹²Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.

¹³For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace for ever.

¹⁴Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding: that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.

¹⁵Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her treasures?

³²But he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore, and filled it with cattle and fourfooted beasts:

³³He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth: and hath called it, and it obeyeth him with trembling.

³⁴And the stars have given light in their watches, and rejoiced:

³⁵They were called, and they said: Here we are: and with cheerfulness they have shined forth to him that made them.

³⁶This is our God, and there shall no other be accounted of in comparison of him.

³⁷He found out all the way of knowledge, and gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

³⁸Afterwards he was seen upon earth, and conversed with men.