Sirach 36:1-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

36 Have mercy upon us, O God^[a] of all,
²     and put all the nations in fear of you.
³ Lift up your hand against foreign nations
    and let them see your might.^(A)
4 As you have used us to show your holiness to them,
    so use them to show your glory to us.^(B)
5 Then they will know,^[b] as we have known,
    that there is no God but you, O Lord.^(C)
6 Give new signs and work other wonders;
⁷     make your hand and right arm glorious.
⁸ Rouse your anger and pour out your wrath;^(D)
9     destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.
¹⁰ Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time,^[c]
    and let people recount your mighty deeds.
¹¹ Let survivors be consumed in the fiery wrath,
    and may those who harm your people meet destruction.
¹² Crush the heads of hostile rulers
    who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”^(E)
13 Gather all the tribes of Jacob,^[d](F)
16     and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.
¹⁷ Have mercy, O Lord, on the people called by your name,
    on Israel, whom you have named^[e] your firstborn.^(G)
18 Have pity on the city of your sanctuary,^[f]
    Jerusalem, the place of your dwelling.^[g](H)
19 Fill Zion with your majesty^[h]
    and your temple^[i] with your glory.^(I)
20 Bear witness to those whom you created in the beginning,
    and fulfill the prophecies spoken in your name.
²¹ Reward those who wait for you,
    and let your prophets be found trustworthy.^(J)
22 Hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servants, according to your goodwill toward^[j] your people,
and all who are on the earth will know
    that you are the Lord, the God of the ages.^(K)