Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Ecclesiasticus 24:10-26 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

10. And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

11. And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.

12. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.

15. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.

16. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.

18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:

19. As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.

20. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:

21. And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.

22. I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.

23. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

24. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.

25. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.

26. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.