Sirach 36 — WEBBE
36Verse 1Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favour;Verse 2and send your fear upon all the nations.+Verse 3Lift up your hand against the foreign nationsand let them see your mighty power.Verse 4As you showed your holiness in us before them,so be magnified in them before us.Verse 5Let them know you, as we also have known you,that there is no God but only you, O God.Verse 6Show new signs, and work various wonders.Glorify your hand and your right arm.+Verse 7Raise up indignation and pour out wrath.Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.Verse 8Hasten the time and remember your oath.Let them declare your mighty works.Verse 9Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire.May those who harm your people find destruction.Verse 10Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemieswho say, “There is no one but ourselves.”Verse 11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,and+take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.Verse 12O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name,and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.Verse 13Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary,Jerusalem, the place of your rest.Verse 14Fill Zion. Exalt your oraclesand fill your people with your glory.Verse 15Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning,and fulfil the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.Verse 16Reward those who wait for you,and men will put their trust in your prophets.Verse 17Listen, 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.Verse 18The belly will eat any food,but one food is better than another.Verse 19The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting,so does an understanding heart detect false speech.Verse 20A contrary heart will cause heaviness.A man of experience will pay him back.Verse 21A woman will receive any man,but one daughter is better than another.Verse 22The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance.A man desires nothing more.Verse 23If kindness and humility are on her tongue,her husband is not like other sons of men.Verse 24He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure,a help meet for him and a pillar of support.Verse 25Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered.He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.Verse 26For 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?
and all those who are on the earth will know
that you are the Lord, the+eternal God.Verse 18The belly will eat any food,but one food is better than another.Verse 19The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting,so does an understanding heart detect false speech.Verse 20A contrary heart will cause heaviness.A man of experience will pay him back.Verse 21A woman will receive any man,but one daughter is better than another.Verse 22The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance.A man desires nothing more.Verse 23If kindness and humility are on her tongue,her husband is not like other sons of men.Verse 24He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure,a help meet for him and a pillar of support.Verse 25Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered.He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.Verse 26For 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?