Sirach 51:8

8 Then I remembered your mercy, Lord, and your charity from long ago, that you raise up those who wait for you and save them from the hands of the wicked.

Sirach 51:8 In-Context

6 as well as the arrowlike tongue of the unrighteous. My soul approached death, and my life was on the edge of the grave below.

7 People surrounded me on every side, and no one helped; I looked for assistance from human beings, and there was none.

8 Then I remembered your mercy, Lord, and your charity from long ago, that you raise up those who wait for you and save them from the hands of the wicked.

9 I sent up my prayer from the earth, and I begged to be rescued from death.

10 I called out to the Lord, the father of my master: "Don't desert me in the time of my distress, when I am helpless before the arrogant.

Footnotes

• [a] Some Gk manuscripts work; Heb faithful loyalty