Sirach 17:4-14

4 God made all living beings afraid of them, so that they might exercise dominion over the animals and birds.
6 God gave them the capacity to plan, a tongue and eyes, ears and a mind for thinking.
7 God filled them with common sense, and he showed them good things and bad.
8 God put awe for him in their hearts, in order to show them the greatness of his works.
9 So that they might tell of the magnificence of his works,
10 they will praise his holy name.
11 God placed knowledge before them, and he gave them a code for living.
12 God established an eternal covenant with them, and he showed them his decrees.
13 They saw the majesty of his glory with their own eyes, and they heard his glorious voice with their own ears.
14 God said to them, "Beware of every injustice," and he gave each of them commandments concerning their neighbor.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. LXXb adds 17:5 They received the use of the Lord’s five faculties, but he apportioned to them the gift of mind as a sixth, and the seventh, reason, the interpreter of his faculties.
  • [b]. LXX heart
  • [c]. LXXb adds He allowed them to boast about his wonders through the ages.
  • [d]. LXXb adds so that they are mindful that those who are alive now are mortal.
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