Sirach 50:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ The people kept praying to the merciful Lord Most High until the service of worship had come to a close. ^20 (A)Then Simon came down from the altar, raised his hands over the whole assembly of Israel, and reverently pronounced the blessing from the Lord, ²¹ while the people bowed a second time in worship to receive that blessing from the Most High.