Sirach 47:16

¹⁴How wise wast thou in thy youth and, as a flood, filled with understanding!

¹⁵Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.

— Sirach 47:16 —

¹⁷The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations.

¹⁸By the name of the Lord God, which is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead.