2 And in the womb of a mother was I moulded into flesh in the time of ten months, Being compacted in blood of the seed of man and pleasure that came with sleep.
3 And I also, when I was born, drew in the common air, And fell upon the kindred earth, Uttering, like all, for my first voice, the selfsame wail:
4 In swaddling clothes was I nursed, and with watchful cares.
5 For no king had any other first beginning;
6 But all men have one entrance into life, and a like departure.
7 For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and there came to me a spirit of wisdom.
8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, And riches I esteemed nothing in comparison of her.