Sirach 16:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸Lo, heaven and the highest heaven,
    the abyss and the earth, tremble at his visitation!^[a]
¹⁹The very mountains and the foundations of the earth
    quiver and quake when he looks upon them.
²⁰But no human mind can grasp this,
    and who can comprehend his ways?

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Footnotes

Sirach 16:18 Other ancient authorities add The whole world past and present is in his will.

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