Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The prayer of a humble person goes past the clouds and keeps on going until it reaches the Lord Most High, where it stays until he answers by seeing that justice is done and that the guilty are punished. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint. Sirach 35:15And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person. Sirach 35:16 The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged. Sirach 35:18 Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall? Sirach 35:19 For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them. Context Sirach 35…16The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged. 17He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint. 18Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?… Cross References Sirach 35:15 And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person. Sirach 35:16 The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged. Sirach 35:18 Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall? Sirach 35:19 For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them. |
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