Sirach 39:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴He serves among the great
    and appears before rulers;
he travels in foreign lands
    and learns what is good and evil in the human lot.
⁵He sets his heart on rising early
    to seek the Lord who made him,
    and to petition the Most High;
he opens his mouth in prayer
    and asks pardon for his sins.

⁶If the great Lord is willing,
he will be filled with the spirit of understanding;
he will pour forth words of wisdom of his own
and give thanks to the Lord in prayer.

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