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God’s Wisdom Seen in Creation

24 Listen to me, my son, and acquire knowledge,
    and pay close attention to my words.
25 I will impart instruction by weight,
    and declare knowledge accurately.

26 The works of the Lord have existed from the beginning by his creation,[a]
    and when he made them, he determined their divisions.
27 He arranged his works in an eternal order,
    and their dominion[b] for all[c] generations;
they neither hunger nor grow weary,
    and they do not cease from their labors.
28 They do not crowd one another aside,
    and they will never disobey his word.
29 After this the Lord looked upon the earth,
    and filled it with his good things;
30 with all kinds of living beings he covered its surface,
    and to it they return.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 16:26 Heb: Gk judgment
  2. Sirach 16:27 Or elements
  3. Sirach 16:27 Gk their

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