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Sirach 50:4-8 World English Bible (WEB)

4. It was he that took thought for his people that they should not fall, And fortified the city against besieging:

5. How glorious was he when the people gathered round him At his coming forth out of the sanctuary!

6. As the morning star in the midst of a cloud, As the moon at the full:

7. As the sun shining forth upon the temple of the Most High, And as the rainbow giving light in clouds of glory:

8. As the flower of roses in the days of new fruits, As lilies at the waterspring, As the shoot of the frankencense tree in the time of summer:

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