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Sirach 24:3-8 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly.

4. And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say:

5. "I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, as the first-born before all creatures.

6. I caused an unfailing light to arise in the heavens. And I covered all the earth like a cloud.

7. I lived in the highest places, and my throne is in the pillar of a cloud.

8. I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea,

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