Sirach 18:1-2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Majesty of God

18 He who lives for ever created the whole universe;
² the Lord alone will be declared righteous.^[a]

Footnotes

Sirach 18:2 Other authorities add and there is no other beside him; ³he steers the world with the span of his hand, and all things obey his will; for he is king of all things, by his power separating among them the holy things from the profane.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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