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Sirach 7:9-11
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 7:9-11
Wycliffe Bible
9 Do not thou be a coward in thy soul, to pray; and despise thou not to do alms-[deeds].
10 Say thou not, God shall behold in the multitude of my gifts; and when I shall offer to God alder-highest [or to the highest God], he shall take my gifts.
11 Scorn thou not a man in the bitterness of (his) soul; for why God is the beholder, that maketh meek, and enhanceth (or exalteth). [Scorn thou not a man in the bitterness of soul; God forsooth the looker about is, that enhanceth and meeketh.]
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2001 by Terence P. Noble