8. For those who forsook Wisdomnot only were deprived of knowledge of the good,But also left the world a memorial of their folly,so that they could not even be hidden in their fall.
9. But Wisdom rescued from tribulations those who served her.
10. She, when a righteous man fled from his brother’s anger,guided him in right ways,Showed him the kingdom of Godand gave him knowledge of holy things;She prospered him in his laborsand made abundant the fruit of his works,
11. Stood by him against the greed of his defrauders,and enriched him;
12. She preserved him from foes,and secured him against ambush,And she gave him the prize for his hard strugglethat he might know that devotion to God is mightier than all else.
13. She did not abandon a righteous man when he was sold,but rescued him from sin.