Good News Translation
From my blossoming youth to my ripe old age she has been my delight. I have followed directly in her path ever since I was young.

New Revised Standard Version
From the first blossom to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her; my foot walked on the straight path; from my youth I followed her steps.

Contemporary English Version
Now I am old, but ever since I was a child, I have loved Wisdom and always followed her on the path where she walked.

New American Bible
As the blossoms yielded to ripening grapes, the heart’s joy, My feet kept to the level path because from earliest youth I was familiar with her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.

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

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

Sirach 51:14
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 51:16
And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.

Sirach 51:17
Therefore I will give thanks, and praise thee, and bless the name of the Lord.