Sirach 50:4

4 He gave forethought to keeping his people from disaster, and he strengthened the city against sieges.

Sirach 50:4 In-Context

2 He made the foundation for the courtyard wall, a high fortification for the temple enclosure.

3 In his time, he dug out a storage basin for water, a reservoir with a circumference like a lake's.

4 He gave forethought to keeping his people from disaster, and he strengthened the city against sieges.

5 How glorious he was as the people thronged around him when he came out from behind the curtain and left the temple!

6 Like a morning star in the midst of a cloud, like the full moon at the time of a feast,