Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 40:4-9 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

4. from him who wears hyacinth and bears a crown, even to him who is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, tumult, restlessness, and the fear of death, continual anger and contention.

5. And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changes his knowledge.

6. There is little or no rest, and sleep is taken from him, as if on a day of keeping watch.

7. He is disturbed by a vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in a day of warfare. In the time of his salvation, he rose up and wondered that there was no fear.

8. This is so with all flesh, from man even to cattle, but upon sinners it is seven times as great.

9. Add to this: death, bloodshed, contention, and the spear, oppression, famine, and affliction, and scourges.