Wisdom of Solomon 7:15-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁵ May God grant me to speak with judgment
and to have thoughts worthy of what I have received,
for he is the guide even of wisdom
and the corrector of the wise.^(A)
16 For both we and our words are in his hand,
as are all understanding and skill in crafts.^(B)
17 For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists,
to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements,^(C)
18 the beginning and end and middle of times,
the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,
¹⁹ the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,^(D)
20 the natures of animals and the tempers of wild animals,
the powers of spirits^[a] and the thoughts of human beings,
the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;^(E)
21 I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,
²² for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.

There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy,
unique, manifold, subtle,
agile, clear, unpolluted,
distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen,