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Ecclesiasticus 36:9-17 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

9. Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.

10. Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.

11. Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.

12. Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.

13. Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.

14. Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, m whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.

15. Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.

16. Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.

17. Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.

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