### Douay Rheims Bible

Sirach 43

## The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)

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| # Chapter 44
#### 1 | Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.
#### 2 | The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning.
#### 3 | Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,
#### 4 | And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
#### 5 | Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
#### 6 | Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.
#### 7 | All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.
#### 8 | They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:
#### 9 | And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.
#### 10 | But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
#### 11 | Good things continue with their seed,
#### 12 | Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
#### 13 | And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.
#### 14 | Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
#### 15 | Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.
#### 16 | Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.
#### 17 | Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.
#### 18 | Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
#### 19 | The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the hood.
#### 20 | Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to him in glory, who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him.
#### 21 | In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.
#### 22 | Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,
#### 23 | And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
#### 24 | And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.
#### 25 | The Lord gave him the blessing of all nations, and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
#### 26 | He acknowledged him in his blessings, and gave him an inheritance, and divided him his portion in twelve tribes.
#### 27 | And he preserved for him men of mercy, that found grace in the eyes of all flesh.

Sirach 45

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