Sirach 36

1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:Log in to add notes

2And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.Log in to add notes

3Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.Log in to add notes

4As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.Log in to add notes

5And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.Log in to add notes

6Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.Log in to add notes

7Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.Log in to add notes

8Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.Log in to add notes

9Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.Log in to add notes

10Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.Log in to add notes

11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.Log in to add notes

12O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.Log in to add notes

13O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.Log in to add notes

14Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:Log in to add notes

15Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.Log in to add notes

16Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.Log in to add notes

17O 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.Log in to add notes

18The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.Log in to add notes

19As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.Log in to add notes

20A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.Log in to add notes

21A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.Log in to add notes

22The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.Log in to add notes

23If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.Log in to add notes

24He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.Log in to add notes

25Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.Log in to add notes

26Who 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?Log in to add notes