Sirach 36
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| 1 | God of alle thingis, haue thou merci on vs; and biholde thou vs, and schewe thou to vs the liyt of thi merciful doyngis. |
| 2 | And sende thi drede on hethene men, that souyten not thee, that thei knowe that no God is, no but thou; that thei telle out thi grete dedis. |
| 3 | Reise thin hond on hethene men aliens, that thei se thi power. |
| 4 | For as thou were halewid in vs in the siyt of hem, so in oure siyt thou schalt be magnefyed in hem; |
| 5 | that thei knowe thee, as and we han knowe, that noon othere is God, outakun thee, Lord. |
| 6 | Make thou newe signes, and chaunge thou merueilis; |
| 6a | 36:7 glorifie the hond, and the riyt arm. |
| 7 | 36:8 Reise thou stronge veniaunce, and schede out ire; |
| 7a | 36:9 take awei the aduersarie, and turmente the enemye. |
| 8 | 36:10 Haaste thou the tyme, and haue thou mynde on the ende, that thei telle out thi merueils. |
| 9 | 36:11 And he that is sauyd, be deuourid in the ire of flawme; and thei that treten worst thi puple, fynde perdicioun. |
| 10 | 36:12 Al to-breke thou the heed of princis, and of enemyes, seiynge, Noon othere is, outakun vs. |
| 11 | 36:13 Gadere thou togidere alle the lynagis of Jacob, and knowe thei that no God is, no but thou, that thei telle out thi grete dedis; and thou schalt enherite hem, as at the bigynnyng. |
| 12 | 36:14 Haue thou merci on thi puple, on which thi name is clepid in to help; and on Israel, whom thou madist euene to thi firste gendrid sone. |
| 13 | 36:15 Haue thou merci on Jerusalem, the citee of thin halewyng, on the citee of thi reste. |
| 14 | 36:16 Fille thou Syon with thi vertues, that moun not be teld out, and fille thi puple with thi glorie. |
| 15 | 36:17 Yyue thou witnessyng, that at the bigynnyng thei weren thi creaturis; and reise thou preieris, whiche the formere profetis spaken in thi name. |
| 16 | 36:18 Lord, yyue thou meede to hem that abiden thee, that thi prophetis be foundun trewe; and here thou the preier of thi seruauntis. |
| 17 | 36:19 Aftir the blessyng of Aaron yyue thou to thi puple, and dresse thou vs in to the weie of riytfulnesse; that alle men wite, that dwellen in erthe, that thou art God, the biholdere of worldis. |
| 18 | 36:20 The wombe schal ete alle mete, and o mete is betere than another mete. |
| 19 | 36:21 Chekis touchen mete almest, and an vnwise herte resseyueth false wordis. |
| 20 | 36:22 A schrewid herte schal yyue heuynesse, and a wijs man schal ayenstonde it. |
| 21 | 36:23 A womman schal take ech knaue child, and a douytir is betere than a sone. |
| 22 | 36:24 The fairnesse of a womman makith glad the face of hir hosebonde, and sche schal brynge desir ouer al the coueitise of man. |
| 23 | 36:25 If ther is a tunge of heelyng, ther is also of swagyng, and of merci; the hosebonde of hir is not aftir the sones of men. |
| 24 | 36:26 He that hath in possessioun a good womman, bigynneth possessioun; sche is an help lijk hym, and a piler as reste. |
| 25 | 36:27 Where an hegge is not, the possessioun schal be rauyschid awei; and where a womman is not, a nedi man weilith. |
| 26 | 36:28 To whom bileueth he that hath no nest, and bowith doun where euer it is derk, as a theef girt, skippynge out fro citee in to citee? |
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