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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 17
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Chapter 17
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The Lord fashioned man from the earth, to consign him back to it.
2
He gave them so many days’ determined time, he gave them authority over everything on earth.
3
He clothed them with strength like his own, and made them in his own image.
4
He filled all living things with dread of man, making him master over beasts and birds.
6
He shaped for them a mouth and tongue, eyes and ears, and gave them a heart to think with.
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He filled them with knowledge and understanding, and revealed to them good and evil.
8
He put his own light in their hearts to show them the magnificence of his works.
10
They will praise his holy name, as they tell of his magnificent works.
11
He set knowledge before them, he endowed them with the law of life.
12
He established an eternal covenant with them, and revealed his judgements to them.
13
Their eyes saw his glorious majesty, and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
14
He said to them, ‘Beware of all wrong doing’; he gave each a commandment concerning his neighbour.
The divine judge
15
Their ways are always under his eye, they cannot be hidden from his sight.
17
Over each nation he has set a governor, but Israel is the Lord’s own portion.[*a]
19
All their works are as the sun to him, and his eyes rest constantly on their ways.
20
Their iniquities are not hidden from him, all their sins are before the Lord.
22
A man’s almsgiving is like a signet ring to him, he cherishes a man’s generosity like the pupil of his eye.
23
One day he will rise and reward them, he will pay back their deserts on their own heads.
24
But to those who repent he permits return, and he encourages those who were losing hope.
Exhortation to repentance
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Return to the Lord and leave sin behind, plead before his face and lessen your offence.
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Come back to the Most High and turn away from iniquity, and bold in abhorrence all that is foul.
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Who will praise the Most High in Sheol, if the living do not do so by giving glory to him?
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To the dead, as to those who do not exist, praise is unknown, only those with life and health can praise the Lord.
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How great is the mercy of the Lord, his pardon on all those who turn towards him!
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Man cannot have everything, since the son of man is not immortal.
31
What is brighter than the sun? Yet it suffers eclipse. Flesh and blood think of nothing but evil.
32
He surveys the armies of the lofty sky, while all men are no more than dust and ashes.
Chapters of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
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