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Sirach 17:17
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Sirach 17:17
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For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord's portion:
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Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.
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Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.
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For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord's portion:
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Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.
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Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.