Sirach 51:15-20 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

15. I will praise your name unceasingly, and I will praise it with thanksgiving, for my prayer was heeded.

16. And you freed me from perdition, and you rescued me from the time of iniquity.

17. Because of this, I will give thanks and praise to you, and I will bless the name of the Lord.

18. When I was still young, before I wandered astray, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.

19. I asked for her before the temple, and even to the very end, I will inquire after her. And she flourished like a newly-ripened grape.

20. My heart rejoiced in her. My feet walked in the right path. From my youth, I pursued her.

Sirach 51