Apocrypha
Sirach 24:6-10
{24:6} I caused an unfailing light to arise in the heavens. And I covered all the earth like a cloud.
{24:7} I lived in the highest places, and my throne is in the pillar of a cloud.
{24:8} I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea,
{24:9} and have stood upon the whole earth. And among every people,
{24:10} and in every nation, I have held primacy.
Sirach 24:1-5
{24:1} Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people.
{24:2} And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue.
{24:3} And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly.
{24:4} And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say:
{24:5} “I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, as the first-born before all creatures.