Sirach 36:17
Good News Translation
You have always been gracious to your people; listen to your servants as we pray. Then everyone on earth will recognize that you are the Lord, the God of the ages.

New Revised Standard Version
Have mercy, O Lord, on the people called by your name, on Israel, whom you have named your firstborn,

Contemporary English Version
Have pity on us, our Lord. We are known as your nation, your first-born child.

New American Bible
Show mercy to the people called by your name: Israel, whom you named your firstborn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.

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Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.

Sirach 36:15
Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.

Sirach 36:16
Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.

Sirach 36:18
Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,

Sirach 36:19
According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.

Context
Sirach 36
16Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory. 17Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name. 18Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,…
Cross References
Sirach 36:15
Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.

Sirach 36:16
Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.

Sirach 36:18
Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,

Sirach 36:19
According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 36:16
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