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15 Like cinnamon or camel-thorn I gave forth perfume,
    and like choice myrrh I spread my fragrance,
like galbanum, onycha, and spices
    and like the odor of incense in the tent.
16 I spread out my branches like a terebinth,[a]
    and my branches are glorious and graceful.
17 Like the vine I bud forth delights,
    and my blossoms become fruit fair and abundant.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 24:16 Terebinth: a type of oak.