“This is also read in the book of Job: Is not wisdom found among the aged, and does not understanding come with long life? With Him are wisdom and strength; He has counsel and understanding. If He tears down, none can rebuild; if He shuts a man in, none can open (Job 12:12-14). It is clearly evident that human weakness…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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6For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
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4Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne; and reject me not from among thy children:
5For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.
— Wisdom of Solomon 9:6 —
7Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:
8Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.