Chapter
Sirach 36

Book of Sirach - Chapter 36

Sirach 36:1

Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:

Sirach 36:2

And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.

Sirach 36:3

Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.

Sirach 36:4

As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.

Sirach 36:5

And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.

Sirach 36:6

Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.

Sirach 36:7

Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.

Sirach 36:8

Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.

Sirach 36:9

Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.

Sirach 36:10

Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.

Sirach 36:11

Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.

Sirach 36:12

O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.

Sirach 36:13

O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.

Sirach 36:14

Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:

Sirach 36:15

Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.

Sirach 36:16

Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.

Sirach 36:17

O 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.

Sirach 36:18

The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.

Sirach 36:19

As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.

Sirach 36:20

A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.

Sirach 36:21

A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.

Sirach 36:22

The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.

Sirach 36:23

If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

Sirach 36:24

He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

Sirach 36:25

Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.

Sirach 36:26

Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?

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