Sir 36:1 

Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us: 

Sir 36:2 

And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after 

thee. 

Sir 36:3 

Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them 

see thy power. 

Sir 36:4 

As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou 

magnified among them before us. 

Sir 36:5 

And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is 

no God but only thou, O God. 

Sir 36:6 

Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy 

hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous 

works. 

Sir 36:7 

Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the 

adversary, and destroy the enemy. 

Sir 36:8 

Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them 

declare thy wonderful works. 

Sir 36:9 

Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; 

and let them perish that oppress the people. 

Sir 36:10 

Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that 

say, There is none other but we. 

Sir 36:11 

Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou 

them, as from the beginning. 

Sir 36:12 

O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy 

name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn. 

Sir 36:13 

O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy 

rest. 

Sir 36:14 

Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with 

thy glory: 

Sir 36:15 

Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the 

beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name. 

Sir 36:16 

Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found 

faithful. 

Sir 36:17 

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. 

Sir 36:18 

The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than 

another. 

Sir 36:19 

As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an 

heart of understanding false speeches. 

Sir 36:20 

A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience 

will recompense him. 

Sir 36:21 

A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better 

than another. 

Sir 36:22 

The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man 

loveth nothing better. 

Sir 36:23 

If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, 

then is not her husband like other men. 

Sir 36:24 

He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like 

unto himself, and a pillar of rest. 

Sir 36:25 

Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he 

that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning. 

Sir 36:26 

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?