en_RV1895 - Sir 24 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [1]Wisdom shall praise [2]herself, And shall glory in the midst of her people.

² In the congregation of the Most High shall she open her mouth, And glory in the presence of his power.

³ [3]I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, And covered the earth as a mist.

⁴ I dwelt in high places, [4]And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.

⁵ Alone I [5]compassed the circuit of heaven, And walked in the depth of the abyss.

⁶ In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, And [6]in every people and nation, I got a possession.

⁷ With all these I sought rest; And in whose inheritance shall I lodge?

⁸ Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment; And he that created me made my tabernacle to rest, And said, [7]Let thy tabernacle be in Jacob, And thine inheritance in Israel.

⁹ [8]He created me from the beginning before the world; And to the end I shall not fail.

¹⁰ [9]In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him; [10]And so was I established in Sion.

¹¹ In [11]the beloved city likewise he gave me rest; And in Jerusalem was my authority.

¹² And I took root in a people that was glorified, Even [12]in the portion of the Lord's own inheritance.

¹³ [13]I was exalted like [14]a cedar in Libanus, And as [15]a cypress tree on the mountains of [16]Hermon.

¹⁴ [17]I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as [18]rose plants in Jericho, And as a fair [19]olive tree in the plain; And I was exalted as a plane tree.

¹⁵ As [20]cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent of perfumes; And as choice [21]myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant odour; As [22]galbanum, and onyx, and stacte, And as the fume of frankincense [23]in the tabernacle.

¹⁶ As [24]the terebinth I stretched out my branches; And my branches are branches of glory and grace.

¹⁷ As [25]the vine I put forth grace; And [26]my flowers are the fruit of glory and riches. [27]

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¹⁹ [28]Come unto me, ye that are desirous of me, And be ye filled with my produce.

²⁰ For my memorial is [29]sweeter than honey, And mine inheritance than the honeycomb.

²¹ They that eat me shall yet be hungry; And they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.

²² He that obeyeth me shall not be ashamed; And they that work in me shall not do amiss.

²³ All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, Even [30]the law which Moses commanded us for a heritage unto the assemblies of Jacob.[31]

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²⁵ It is he that [32]maketh wisdom abundant, as [33]Pishon, And as [34]Tigris in the days of new fruits;

²⁶ That maketh understanding full as [35]Euphrates, And as [36]Jordan in the days of harvest;

²⁷ That maketh instruction to shine forth as the light, As [37]Gihon in the days of vintage.

²⁸ The first man knew her not perfectly; And in like manner the last hath not traced her out.

²⁹ For her thoughts are filled from the sea, And her counsels from the great deep.

³⁰ And I came out as a [38]stream from a river, And as a conduit into a garden.

³¹ I said, I will water my garden, And will water abundantly my garden bed; And, lo, [39]my stream became a river, And my river became a sea.

³² I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning, And will make [40]these things to shine forth afar off.

³³ [41]I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, And leave it unto generations of ages.

³⁴ Behold that [42]I have not laboured for myself only, But for all them that diligently seek her.