Sirach 51:1-2

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51 I give you thanks, O Lord and King,
    and praise you, O God my Savior.
I give thanks to your name,^(A)
2     for you have been my protector and helper
and have delivered my body from destruction
    and from the trap laid by a slanderous tongue,
    from lips that fabricate lies.
In the face of my adversaries,
    you have been my helper^(B)