Sirach 24:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷Among all these I sought a resting-place;
in whose territory should I abide?

⁸‘Then the Creator of all things gave me a command,
    and my Creator chose the place for my tent.
He said, “Make your dwelling in Jacob,
    and in Israel receive your inheritance.”
⁹Before the ages, in the beginning, he created me,
    and for all the ages I shall not cease to be.

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