Sirach 24:4-6

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⁴I dwelt in the highest heavens,
    and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
⁵Alone I compassed the vault of heaven
    and traversed the depths of the abyss.
⁶Over waves of the sea, over all the earth,
    and over every people and nation I have held sway.^[a]

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Sirach 24:6 Other ancient authorities read I have acquired a possession

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