Ben Sira 34:26

26 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?

Ben Sira 34:26 In-Context

24 When one prayeth and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?

25 He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?

26 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?