Sirach 50:6–10

⁶Quasi stella matutina in medio nebulæ,

et quasi luna plena, in diebus suis lucet:

⁷et quasi sol refulgens,

sic ille effulsit in templo Dei.

⁸Quasi arcus refulgens inter nebulas gloriæ,

et quasi flos rosarum in diebus vernis,

et quasi lilia quæ sunt in transitu aquæ,

et quasi thus redolens in diebus æstatis:

⁹quasi ignis effulgens,

et thus ardens in igne:

¹⁰quasi vas auri solidum,

ornatum omni lapide pretioso: