Ben Sira 11:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 One may work and struggle and drive,
and fall short all the same.(A)
12 Others go their way broken-down drifters,
with little strength and great misery—
Yet the eye of the Lord looks favorably upon them,
shaking them free of the stinking mire.
13 He lifts up their heads and exalts them
to the amazement of the many.
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