Sirach 38:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²for their gift of healing comes from the Most High,
    and they are rewarded by the king.
³The skill of physicians makes them distinguished,
    and in the presence of the great they are admired.
⁴The Lord created medicines out of the earth,
    and the sensible will not despise them.

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