Sirach 33:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵Look at all the works of the Most High;
they come in pairs, one the opposite of the other.

¹⁶Now I was the last to keep vigil;
I was like a gleaner following the grape-pickers;
¹⁷by the blessing of the Lord I arrived first,
and like a grape-picker I filled my wine press.

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