Ben Sira 42:18

18 He searches out the abyss and the human heart; he understands their innermost secrets. For the Most High knows all that may be known; he sees from of old the things that are to come.

Ben Sira 42:18 In-Context

16 The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.

17 The Lord has not empowered even his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works, which the Lord the Almighty has established so that the universe may stand firm in his glory.

18 He searches out the abyss and the human heart; he understands their innermost secrets. For the Most High knows all that may be known; he sees from of old the things that are to come.

19 He discloses what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the traces of hidden things.

20 No thought escapes him, and nothing is hidden from him.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb: Gk [he sees the sign(s) of the age]