Sirach 39:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ he seeks out the hidden meanings of proverbs
    and is at home with the obscurities of parables.
⁴ He serves among the great
    and appears before rulers;
he travels in foreign lands
    and learns what is good and evil in the human lot.
⁵ He sets his heart to rise early
    to seek the Lord who made him,
    and to petition the Most High;
he opens his mouth in prayer
    and asks pardon for his sins.