aid, Let thy
dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.

Sir 24:9
He created me from the beginning before the world, and I
shall never fail.

Sir 24:10
In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I
established in Sion.

Sir 24:11
Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in
Jerusalem was my power.

Sir 24:12
And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion
of the Lord's inheritance.

Sir 24:13
I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree
upon the mountains of Hermon.

Sir 24:14
I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose
plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and
grew up as a plane tree by the water.

Sir 24:15
I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I
yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and
onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the
tabernacle.

Sir 24:16
As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my
branches are the branches of honour and grace.

Sir 24:17
As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers
are the fruit of honour and riches.

Sir 24:18
I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and
holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my
children which are named of him.

Sir 24:19
Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill
yourselves with my fruits.

Sir 24:20
For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance
than the honeycomb.

Sir 24:21
They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me
shall yet be thirsty.

Sir 24:22
He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that
work by me shall not do amiss.

Sir 24:23
All these things are the book of the covenant of the most
high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage
unto the congregations of Jacob.

Sir 24:24
Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you,
cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside
him there is no other Saviour.

Sir 24:25
He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as
Tigris in the time of the new fruits.

Sir 24:26
He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as
Jordan in the time of the harvest.

Sir 24:27
He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and
as Geon in the time of vintage.

Sir 24:28
The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last
find her out.

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