Sirach 39:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴ They will serve among the great
    and appear before rulers.
They will travel in foreign lands,
    because they will test what’s good
    and what’s evil in people.
⁵ They will commit themselves to rise early,
        to seek the Lord who made them,
    and to pray to the Most High.
        They will open their mouth in prayer
            and ask forgiveness for their sins.
⁶ If the great Lord is willing,
        they will be filled
        with a spirit of understanding;
    they will pour forth words of wisdom,
        and they will give thanks
        to the Lord in prayer.