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17 Like the vine I bud forth delights,
    and my blossoms become glorious and abundant fruit.[a]

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  1. Sirach 24:17 Other ancient authorities add as verse 18, I am the mother of beautiful love, of fear, of knowledge, and of holy hope; being eternal, I am given to all my children, to those who are named by him.

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