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Wisdom of Ben Sira 18:6-8
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6 The wonders of the Lord can be neither diminished nor increased,
    nor are they possible to fathom.
7 When a man finishes, he is still only beginning,
    and when he stops, he is still confused.

What Is a Man?[a]

8 What is a man? What purpose does he serve?
    What about him is good, and what is evil?

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 18:8 Believers share the questions of all human beings. God’s universal mercy and its pedagogical character constitute a new aspect of the Old Testament.
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