Sirach 44:1

Hymn to the ancestors

1 Now allow us to praise famous people and our ancestors, generation by generation.

Sirach 44:1 In-Context

1 Now allow us to praise famous people and our ancestors, generation by generation.

2 The Lord created great glory, his majesty from eternity.

3 They ruled in their kingdoms, and made a name with their power, some giving counsel by their intelligence; some making pronouncements in prophecies;

4 some leading the people by their deliberations, and by their understanding of the people's learning, giving wise words in their instruction;

5 others devising musical melodies, and composing poems;

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb in their generations