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.