Wisdom of Solomon 7:17–21

17 For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists,

to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements;

18 the beginning and end and middle of times,

the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,

19 the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,

20 the natures of animals and the tempers of wild beasts,

the powers of spirits and the reasonings of men,

the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;

21 I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,