In Her is a spirit that is intelligent,
holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile,
clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable,
loving the good, keen, irresistible,
Beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure,
free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing
All, and penetrating through all spirits
that are intelligent and pure and most subtle.
For Wisdom is more mobile than any motion;
because of Her pureness She pervades
and penetrates all things.
For She is a breath of the power of God,
and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty;
therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
For She is reflection of eternal light,
a spotless mirror of the working of God
and an image of His goodness.
Though She is but one, She can do all things;
and while remaining in Herself, She renews all things;
in every generation She passes into holy souls
and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
For God loves nothing so much as
the [one] who lives with Wisdom.
For She is more beautiful than the sun,
and excels every constellation of the stars.
Compared with the light She is found to be superior;
For it is succeeded by the night,
but against Wisdom evil does not prevail.
She reaches mightily from one end
of the earth to the other and
She orders all things well.
~~From the Book of Wisdom of Solomon (7:23-8:1) |
