Ben Sira 36:8-18

8 Rouse your anger and pour out your wrath;
9 destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.
10 Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time, and let people recount your mighty deeds.
11 Let survivors be consumed in the fiery wrath, and may those who harm your people meet destruction.
12 Crush the heads of hostile rulers who say, "There is no one but ourselves."
13 Gather all the tribes of Jacob,
16 and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.
17 Have mercy, O Lord, on the people called by your name, on Israel, whom you have named your firstborn,
18 Have pity on the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your dwelling.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Other ancient authorities read [remember your oath]
  • [b]. Owing to a dislocation in the Greek Mss of Sirach, the verse numbers 14 and 15 are not used in chapter 36, though no text is missing.
  • [c]. Other ancient authorities read [you have likened to]
  • [d]. Or [on your holy city]
  • [e]. Heb: Gk [your rest]
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