Good News Translation
I went to the Temple and asked for her, and I will look for her as long as I live.

New Revised Standard Version
Before the temple I asked for her, and I will search for her until the end.

Contemporary English Version
I prayed in the temple courtyard and openly asked for Wisdom. And I will look for her every day of my life.

New American Bible
She came to me in her beauty, and until the end I will cultivate her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.

I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.

Sirach 51:12
How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.

Sirach 51:13
Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.

Sirach 51:15
I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.

Sirach 51:16
And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.