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Sirach 16:14-20 Common English Bible (CEB)

14. He will make allowancefor every act of charity;everyone will receive their just reward.

17. Don’t say, "I’ll be hidden from the Lord,"and "Who from on highwill call me to mind?Among a great many people,I’ll never be recognized;for what am I in such a vast creation?

18. Look at the heavens,indeed the highest heavens;the abyss and the earthwill tremble at the Lord’s visitation.

19. All at once the mountainsand the foundations of the earthwill shake together, quaking,when he looks upon them.

20. The mind cannot even thinkabout these things.Who can ponder his ways?

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