Ecclesiasticus 36
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1Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;
2And send thy fear upon all the nations:#36.2 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
3 #
Jer. 10.25. Cp. Ps. 79.6. Lift up thy hand against the strange nations;
And let them see thy mighty power.
4As thou wast #Ezek. 20.41 & 28.25 & 36.23 & 39.27.sanctified in us before them,
So be thou magnified in them before us.
5And #Josh. 4.24. 1 Kin. 8.43,60.let them know thee, as we also have known thee,
That there is no God but only thou, O God.
6Shew new signs, and work divers wonders;
Glorify thy hand and thy right arm.#36.6 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
7 #
Jer. 10.25. Cp. Ps. 79.6. Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath;
Take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
8 # Cp. Deut. 32.35. Hasten the time, and #Cp. ch. 44.21 & Wis. 18.22 & Luke 1.72,73. See Ps. 74.20.remember the oath;
And let them declare thy mighty works.
9Let him that escapeth be devoured by the rage of fire;
And may they that harm thy people find destruction.
10 #
Ps. 68.21 & 110.6. Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies,
That say, There is none but we.
11 # Cp. ch. 48.10. See Ps. 107.3. Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,
And #36.11 The ancient authorities read I took them for mine inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused.take them for thine inheritance, as from the beginning.
12 #
Dan. 9.18,19. O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name,
And upon Israel, #See 2 Esd. 6.58.whom thou didst liken unto a firstborn.
13Have compassion upon the city of thy sanctuary,
Jerusalem, #2 Chr. 6.41. Ps. 132.8,14.the place of thy rest.
14Fill Sion; exalt thine #Acts 7.38. Rom. 3.2.oracles,
And fill thy people with thy glory.
15Give testimony unto those that were thy creatures in the beginning,
And raise up #ch. 44.3.the prophecies that have been in thy name.
16Give reward unto #ch. 51.8. Is. 40.31.them that wait for thee:
And men shall put their trust in thy prophets.
17Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of thy suppliants,
# See Num. 6.23-27. According to the blessing of Aaron concerning thy people;
And #1 Kin. 8.60.all they that are on the earth shall know
That thou art the Lord, #1 Tim. 1.17 (& mg. for mg.).the #36.17 Gr. God of the ages.eternal God.
18The belly will eat any meat;
Yet is one meat better than another.
19 #
Job 12.11 & 34.3. The #36.19 Gr. throat.mouth tasteth meats taken in hunting:
So doth an understanding heart false speeches.
20A froward heart will cause heaviness:
# ch. 34.9. And a man of experience will recompense him.
21A woman will receive any man;
But one daughter is better than another.
22The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance;
And #1 Esd. 4.18,19.a man desireth nothing so much.
23If there is #Cp. Prov. 31.26.on her tongue mercy and meekness,
Her husband is not like the sons of men.
24 # Cp. Prov. 18.22. He that getteth a wife entereth upon a possession;
# See Gen. 2.18. A help meet for him, and a pillar of rest.
25 # Cp. ch. 28.24. Where no hedge is, the possession will be laid waste:
And he that hath no wife will mourn as he wandereth up and down.
26For who will trust a nimble robber, that skippeth from city to city?
Even so who shall trust a man #Cp. ch. 29.24 & Prov. 27.8.that hath no nest, and lodgeth wheresoever he findeth himself at nightfall?
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