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Rich experience is the crown of the aged,
    and their boast is the fear of the Lord.

I can think of nine whom I would call blessed,
    and a tenth my tongue proclaims:
a man who can rejoice in his children;
    a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.
Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife,
    and one who does not plough with ox and ass together.[a]
Happy is one who does not sin with the tongue,
    and one who has not served an inferior.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 25:8 Heb Syr: Gk lacks and one who does not plough with ox and ass together

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