Wisdom of Solomon 9:16–17

16 And thardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are * before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out? 17 And qthy counsel who hath known, uexcept thou give wisdom, and usend thy Holy Spirit from above?

t	See 2 Esdr. 4. 9.
*	Gr. athand. So ch. 19. 3 (Gk.).
q	ver. 17. So Ecclus. 1. 6. See Rom. 11. 34.
u	1 Cor. 2. 10, 11.
u	1 Cor. 2. 10, 11.