BenSira:36

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* Have mercy upon us , O Lord God of all , and behold us : * And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee . * Lift up thy hand against the strange nations , and let them see thy power . * As thou wast sanctified in us before them : so be thou magnified among them before us . * And let them know thee , as we have known thee , that there is no God but only thou , O God . * Shew new signs , and make other strange wonders : glorify thy hand and thy right arm , that they may set forth thy wondrous works . * Raise up indignation , and pour out wrath : take away the adversary , and destroy the enemy . * Sake the time short , remember the covenant , and let them declare thy wonderful works . * Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire ; and let them perish that oppress the people . * Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen , that say , There is none other but we . * Gather all the tribes of Jacob together , and inherit thou them , as from the beginning . * O Lord , have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name , and upon Israel , whom thou hast named thy firstborn . * O be merciful unto Jerusalem , thy holy city , the place of thy rest . * Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles , and thy people with thy glory : * Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning , and raise up prophets that have been in thy name . * Reward them that wait for thee , and let thy prophets be found faithful . * O Lord , hear the prayer of thy servants , according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people , that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord , the eternal God . * The belly devoureth all meats , yet is one meat better than another . * As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison : so doth an heart of understanding false speeches . * A froward heart causeth heaviness : but a man of experience will recompense him . * A woman will receive every man , yet is one daughter better than another . * The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance , and a man loveth nothing better . * If there be kindness , meekness , and comfort , in her tongue , then is not her husband like other men . * He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession , a help like unto himself , and a pillar of rest . * Where no hedge is , there the possession is spoiled : and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning . * Who will trust a thief well appointed , that skippeth from city to city ? so [who will believe ] a man that hath no house , and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him ?

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