### Douay Rheims Bible

Sirach 50

## The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)

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| # Chapter 51
#### 1 | They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none.
#### 11 | I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world.
#### 12 | How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
#### 13 | Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
#### 14 | I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.
#### 15 | I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.
#### 16 | And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.
#### 17 | Therefore I will give thanks, and praise thee, and bless the name of the Lord.
#### 18 | When I was yet young, before I wandered about, I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer.
#### 19 | I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
#### 20 | My heart delighted in her, my foot walked in the right way, from my youth up I sought after her.
#### 21 | I bowed down my ear a little, and received her.
#### 22 | I found much wisdom in myself, and I profited much therein.
#### 23 | To him that giveth me wisdom, will I give glory.
#### 24 | For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.
#### 25 | My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.
#### 26 | I stretched forth my hands on high, and I bewailed my ignorance of her.
#### 27 | I directed my soul to her, and in knowledge I found her.
#### 28 | I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.
#### 29 | My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
#### 30 | The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
#### 31 | Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the house of discipline.
#### 32 | Why are ye slow? and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.
#### 33 | I have opened my mouth, and have spoken: buy her for yourselves without silver,
#### 34 | And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
#### 35 | Behold with your eyes how I have laboured a little, and have found much rest to myself.
#### 36 | Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
#### 37 | Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and you shall not be confounded in his praise.
#### 38 | Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.

Judith 1

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