Wisdom 9:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ And hardly 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 shall search out?

¹⁷ And who shall know thy thought, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above:

¹⁸ And so the ways of them that are upon earth may be corrected, and men may learn the things that please thee?