Sirach 2:3-5

Wycliffe Bible

³ Suffer thou the sustainings of God; be thou joined to God, and abide thou, (so) that thy life wax, (or grow, or increase) in the last time.

⁴ Take thou all thing that is set to thee, and suffer thou in sorrow, and have thou patience in thy lowness. [All that to thee shall be laid to, take and in sorrow sustain, and in thy meekness have patience.]

⁵ For why gold and silver is proved in fire; forsooth men worthy to be received be proved in the chimney of lowness. [For in fire is proved gold and silver; men forsooth receivable in the chimney of meekness.]