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Sirach 38:32-39 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

32. The potter, sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet, is similar. He has settled into a continual concern for his work, and there is a rhythm in all that he does.

33. He forms the clay with his arm, and he bends his strength over his feet.

34. He will give his heart over to the completion of the glazing, and his vigilance to the cleansing of the furnace.

35. All these persons trust in their own hands, and each one is wise in his own art.

36. Without these persons, a city is not built.

37. But they will neither inhabit nor walk around in the city. And they will not go across to the church.

38. They will not sit upon the seats of judges, and they will not understand a decree of judgment. And they will not make clear discipline and judgment, and they will not be found to understand parables.

39. But they will strengthen the state of the world, and their prayer will be in their artistic works, applying their soul, and searching the law of the Most High.

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