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Sirach 36
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1There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him.
1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
2A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
2And send your fear upon all the nations that seek not after you.
3A man of understanding trusteth in the law; and the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle.
3Lift up your hand against the strange nations, and let them see your power.
4Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer.
4As you were sanctified in us before them: so be you magnified among them before us.
5The heart of the foolish is like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axle-tree.
5And let them know you, as we have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God.
6A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
6Show new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify your hand and your right arm, that they may set forth your wondrous works.
7Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
7Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
8By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts.
8Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare your wonderful works.
9Some of them hath he made high days, and hallowed [them], and some of them hath he made ordinary days.
9Let him that escapes be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
10And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth.
10Strike in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
11In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their ways diverse.
11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit you them, as from the beginning. Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning.
12Some of them hath he blessed and exalted, and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: but some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned out of their places.
12O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you have named your firstborn.
13As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.
13O be merciful to Jerusalem, your holy city, the place of your rest.
14Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly.
14Fill Sion with your unspeakable oracles, and your people with your glory:
15So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another.
15Give testimony to those that you have possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in your name.
16Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning.
16Reward them that wait for you, and let your prophets be found faithful.
17O Lord have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.
17O Lord, hear the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over your people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that you are the Lord, the eternal God.
18O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.
18The belly devours all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
19Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory.
19As the palate tastes various kinds of venison: so does an heart of understanding false speeches.
20Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
20A froward heart causes heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
21Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.
21A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
22O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
22The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance, and a man loves nothing better.
23The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
23If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
24As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
24He that gets a wife begins a possession, a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
25A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
25Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that has no wife will wander up and down mourning.
26A woman will receive every man , yet is one daughter better than another.
26Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skips from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that has no house, and lodges wherever the night takes him?