I prayed and wisdom was given to me

I prayed and understanding was given to me; I asked earnestly and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to scepters and thrones and i will considered wealth as nothing compared with her.
I prefered her to any jewel of inestimable value, since gold beside her is nothing but a few grains of sand, and silver but mud. I loved her more than wealth and beauty and even freferred her to light , because her radiance never dies. She brought with her all other good things , untold riches in her hands . I rejoiced att all that came with Wisdom without knowing she was thier mother.
What i learn without self - interest I share freely and with no desire to conceal her value ; for she is an inexhaustible treasure for man and those who posses her have gained the friendship of God , commended to him by the fruits of her discipline.
May God grant me to speak with discernment and reflect in a way worthy of the gifts I have received, for he is the guide of Wisdom and directs wise men. For we are in God`s hands, we ourselves, our words, our understanding and technical knowledge.
He, in fact, has given me true knowledge of what is the world and the properties of the elements, the beginning, the end and the times in between; the alternation of the solstices and the succession of the seasons; the cycles of the year and the positions; the natures of animal species and the ways of wild beasts; the power of spirit and human reasoning ; the varieties of plants and medicinal properties of roots.

All the earth acclaim the Lord

All you lands, acclaim the Lord!
Serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God; he created us and we are his people ; the ship of his fold.
Enter his praise with thanksgiving , his courts with praise .
 Give thanks tonhim and praise his name .
For the lord is good; his love lasts forever  and his faithfulness through all generations.

Our days pass like a sight

Lord, you have been our refuge through all generation.
Before the mountains were formed,
from eternity through eternity- you are God.
You turn human back to dust , saying,
"Return; O mortals!"
A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has passed, or like a watch in the night.
You sow them in their time, at dawn they peep out . In the morning they blossom, but the flower fades and withers in the evening.
Your fury consumes us like fire , and we are helpless before your anger .
Our evils lie before you who scrutinize our hidden sins.
Our days pass away in your wrath, our years are gone in no time.
Seventy years to our life or eighty if we are strong , yet most of them are sorrow and trouble; speeding by , they sweep us along .
Who knows the extent of your anger ? Who has seen the end of your wrath?
So make us know the shortness of our life, that we may gain wisdom of heart.
How long you will be angry, O Lord?
Have mercy on your servant.
Fill us at daybreak with your goodness, that we may be glad all our days .
Make joy endure as the misery did,
and the years in which we were afflicted .
Let your work be seen by your servants and your glorious power by their children .
May the sweetness of the Lord be upon us,may he prosper the work of our hands.