Sirach 50:3-5

Common English Bible

³ In his time, he dug out a storage basin
for water,
    a reservoir with a circumference
    like a lake’s.
⁴ He gave forethought to keeping
his people from disaster,
    and he strengthened the city
    against sieges.
⁵ How glorious he was as the people thronged around him
        when he came out from behind
        the curtain and left the temple!^[a]