Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 39:14-26 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. The peoples will declare his wisdom, and the Church will announce his praise.

15. While he remains, he leaves behind a name greater than a thousand, and when he will rest, it will be to his benefit.

16. I will meditate further, so that I may explain. For I have been filled with a passion.

17. In a voice, he says: Listen to me, divine fruits. You shall bear fruit, like roses planted beside streams of waters.

18. You shall have a sweet fragrance, like the cedars of Lebanon.

19. Blossom with flowers, like the lily, and diffuse a fragrance, and sprout leaves in grace, and give praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.

20. Give magnificence to his name, and confess to him with the voice of your lips and with the canticles of your mouth and with stringed instruments. And in so praising him, you will confess:

21. All the works of the Lord are very good.

22. At his word, the waters stood still, as if piled together. And at the words of his mouth, the waters were contained, as if in basins of water.

23. For it is made pleasing by his precept, and there is no decrease in his salvation.

24. The works of all flesh are in his sight, and there is nothing hidden from his eyes.

25. His gaze is from eternity to eternity, and nothing is a wonder in his sight.

26. Let it not be said: "What is this?" or, "What is that?" For all things will be sought in their time.