Wisdom 13:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 But when he prays about his goods or marriage or children,(A)
he is not ashamed to address the thing without a soul.
For vigor he invokes the powerless;
18 for life he entreats the dead;
For aid he beseeches the wholly incompetent;
for travel, something that cannot even walk;
19 For profit in business and success with his hands
he asks power of a thing with hands utterly powerless.
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