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Sirach 39:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Magnify his name and give utterance to his praise with the songs on your lips and with harps! Say this when you utter his praise: "
Sirach 39:15
Verse in Context
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13 Listen to me, you holy children, and bud forth like a rose growing by a brook of water.
14 Give a sweet fragrance like frankincense. Put forth flowers like a lily. Scatter a sweet smell and sing a song of praise. Bless the Lord for all his works!
15 Magnify his name and give utterance to his praise with the songs on your lips and with harps! Say this when you utter his praise:
16 All the works of the Lord are exceedingly good, and every command will be done in its time.
17 No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for at the proper time they will all be sought out. At his word, the waters stood as a heap, as did the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.
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Sirach 39:1
"Not so he who has applied his soul and meditates in the law of the Most High. He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients and will be occupied with prophecies."
Sirach 39:2
"He will keep the sayings of the men of renown and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables."
Sirach 39:3
"He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables."
Sirach 39:4
"He will serve among great men and appear before him who rules. He will travel through the land of foreign nations, for he has learned what is good and evil among men."
Sirach 39:5
"He will apply his heart to return early to the Lord who made him, and will make supplication before the Most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and will ask for pardon for his sins."
Sirach 39:6
"If the great Lord wills, he will be filled with the spirit of understanding; he will pour forth the words of his wisdom and in prayer give thanks to the Lord."
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