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12 Then give the physician his place, for the Lord created him;
    do not let him leave you, for you need him.
13 There may come a time when recovery lies in the hands of physicians,[a]
14     for they too pray to the Lord
that he will grant them success in diagnosis[b]
    and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 38:13 Gk in their hands
  2. Sirach 38:14 Heb: Gk rest

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