Sirach 51:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

51 I give you thanks, O Lord and King,
    and praise you, O God my Savior.
I give thanks to your name,
²     for you have been my protector and helper
and have delivered me from destruction
    and from the trap laid by a slanderous tongue,
    from lips that fabricate lies.
In the face of my adversaries
    you have been my helper ³ and delivered me,
    in the greatness of your mercy and of your name,
from grinding teeth about to devour me,
    from the hand of those seeking my life,
    from the many troubles I endured,