Sirach 38:4-6

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⁴ The Lord created medicines out of the earth,
    and the sensible will not despise them.^(A)
5 Was not water made sweet with a tree
    in order that its^[a] power might be known?^(B)
6 And he gave skill to human beings
    that he^[b] might be glorified in his marvelous works.