Sirach, Chapter 36
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Save us, O God of all,
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And cast your fear upon all the nations.
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Shake your hand against the strange people, That they may see your power.
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As you have sanctified yourself in us before their eyes, So sanctify yourself in them before our eyes;
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That they may know, even as we know, That there is no other God but you.
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Renew the signs, and repeat the wonders, Make glorious your hand and your right arm.
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Awaken wrath, and pour out indignation, Subdue the foe, and drive out the enemy.
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Hasten the end, and ordain the appointed time, For who may say to you:? What are you doing??
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Let him who escapes be devoured in raging fire, And may those who wrong your people find destruction.
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Bring to nothing the head of the princes of Moab, Who says, "There is none beside me."
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Gather all the tribes of Jacob, That they may receive their inheritance, as in days of old.
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Have mercy upon the people called by your name, Israel whom you surnamed Firstborn.
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Have mercy upon your holy city, Jerusalem, the place of your dwelling.
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Fill Zion with your majesty, And your temple with your glory.
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Give testimony to the first of your works, And establish the vision spoken in your name.
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Give the reward to those who wait for you, That your prophets may be shown to be faithful.
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Hear the prayer of your servants, According to your favor towards your people. That all the ends of the earth may know That you are the Eternal God.
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The throat eats every meat, Yet one meat is better than another.
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The palate tastes the dainties that are bestowed, And the discerning heart the dainties of falsehood.
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A deceitful heart causes sorrow, But a man of experience turns it back upon him.
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A woman will receive any man, But one daughter is better than another daughter.
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The beauty of a woman makes the countenance bright, And excels every delight of the eye.
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And moreover, if there is in her a gentle tongue, Her husband is not from among the sons of men.
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He who acquires a wife has the highest possession, A help meet for him, and a pillar of support.
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Without a hedge a vineyard is laid waste, And without a wife [a man is] a wanderer and homeless.
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Who trusts an armed band That rushes from city to city? So is the man who has no rest, Who rests [where he can] when evening falls.
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