Ben Sira 18:1-7

1 The Lord, who lives forever, created the whole universe,

2 and he alone is just.

4 He has given no one enough power to describe what he has done, and no one can investigate it completely.

5 Who can measure his majestic power? Who can tell the whole story of his merciful actions?

6 We cannot add to them; we cannot subtract from them. There is no way to comprehend the marvelous things the Lord has done.

7 When we come to the end of that story, we have not even begun; we are simply at a loss for words.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Some manuscripts add verses 2b-3:] and there is no other besides him. +V3+WHe guides the world with his hand, and everything obeys him. He is the king of all things, and his power separates what is holy from what is not.