Wisdom 8:19-21 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

19. And I was a witty child and had received a good soul.

20. And whereas I was more good, I came to a body undefiled.

21. And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent, except God gave it, and this also was a point of wisdom, to know whose gift it was: I went to the Lord, and besought him, and said with my whole heart:

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