Wisdom sits unshaken while made nature perishes
Baruch says you are seated unto the age (Baruch 3:3). Made nature is always perishable in every time, and generated things have their measure in that frailty. But Wisdom, craftswoman and maker of all, sits — that is, she keeps unshaken continuance in sameness. Again: our sitting shows the unshakeable, established character of existence and of the continuance of the highest of all substances; but as for us…
Greek
Ὅτι σὺ καθήμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Ἀεὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ φθαρτή ἐστιν ἡ πεποιημένη φύσις, καὶ τῶν γεννητῶν ἐν τούτοις τὸ μέτρον. Κάθηται δὲ ἡ πάντων τεχνῖτις καὶ δημιουργὸς σοφία, τουτέστιν ἀκλόνητον ἔχει τὴν ἐν ταυτότητι διαμονήν. Καὶ πάλιν· Ἡμῶν γὰρ κάθισις ἐν τούτοις τὸ ἀκράδαντόν τε καὶ ἱδρυμένον τῆς ὑπάρξεως, καὶ διαμονῆς τῆς ἀνωτάτω πασῶν οὐσίας ὑποδηλοῖ· τὸ δὲ, ἡμᾶς