Sirach 36 · Compare

Sirach 36 · Compare translations

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Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;

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and send your fear upon all the nations.

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Lift up your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your mighty power.

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As you showed your holiness in us before them, so be magnified in them before us.

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Let them know you, as we also have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God.

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Show new signs, and work various wonders. Glorify your hand and your right arm.

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Raise up indignation and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.

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Hasten the time and remember your oath. Let them declare your mighty works.

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Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire. May those who harm your people find destruction.

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Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”

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Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.

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O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.

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Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest.

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Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles and fill your people with your glory.

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Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning, and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.

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Reward those who wait for you, and men will put their trust in your prophets.

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Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; and all those who are on the earth will know that you are the Lord, the eternal God.

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The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another.

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The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech.

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A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.

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A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another.

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The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance. A man desires nothing more.

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If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men.

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He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure, a help meet for him and a pillar of support.

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Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.

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For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city? Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?

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WEB: World English Bible (Public Domain) · BSB: Berean Standard Bible (Public Domain)