Sirach 36

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:	1 O God of all, take pity on us, and look with favor on us, and show us the light of your compassion.
2 And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.	2 And send your fear upon the Gentiles, who have not sought you, so that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, and so that they may declare your great deeds.
3 Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.	3 Lift up your hand over unbelieving nations, so that they may see your power.
4 As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.	4 For just as, in their sight, you have been sanctified in us, so also, in our sight, you will be magnified in them.
5 And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.	5 So may they know you, as we also have known you. For there is no God apart from you, O Lord.
6 Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.	6 Renew your signs, and work new wonders.
7 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.	7 Glorify your hand and your right arm.
8 Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.	8 Stir up your fury, and pour out your wrath.
9 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.	9 Take away our adversary, and afflict our enemy.
10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.	10 Hasten the time, and remember the end, so that they may declare your miracles.
11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.	11 Let those who escape be devoured by the wrath of fire. And let those who harass your people find perdition.
12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.	12 Crush the head of the leaders of the enemies, for they say: “There is no other beside us.”
13 O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.	13 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, so that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, and so that they may declare your great deeds. And you will inherit them, as from the beginning.
14 Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:	14 Take pity on your people, over whom your name has been invoked, and on Israel, whom you have treated as your firstborn.
15 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.	15 Take pity on Jerusalem, the city of your sanctification, the city of your rest.
16 Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.	16 Fill Zion with your ineffable words, and fill your people with your glory.
17 O 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.	17 Give testimony to those who have been your creations from the beginning, and lift up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in your name.
18 The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.	18 Give a reward to those who endure for you, so that your prophets may be found to be faithful. And heed the prayers of your servants,
19 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.	19 in accord with the blessing of Aaron over your people. And direct us in the way of justice, and let all who inhabit the earth know that you are God, the Beholder of all ages.
20 A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.	20 The belly can devour any food, yet one meal is better than another.
21 A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.	21 The palate tests the meat of wild animals, and the understanding heart tests false words.
22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.	22 A corrupt heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
23 If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.	23 A woman can receive any male, yet one daughter is better than another.
24 He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.	24 The beauty of a wife cheers the face of her husband, and rises above his desire, above all the desires of man.
25 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.	25 If she offers healing words, then she both comforts and shows mercy; and so her husband is not like other men.
26 Who 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?	26 He who holds to a good wife establishes a possession. She is a helper in agreement with him, and she is a pillar of rest.
27 []	27 Where there is no hedge, a possession will be trampled. And where there is no wife, he will mourn her absence.
28 []	28 Who will trust one who has no nest, and who conceals himself wherever his course may take him, like a well-equipped robber passing from city to city?
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