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Sirach 38:34
But they support the world from its foundations, and their prayer is concerned with their craft. But those who devote themselves and think about the Law of the Most High are the exception.
He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
But the work they do holds this world together. When they do their work, it is the same as offering prayer.
Yet they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for exercise of their skill.
However, they maintain the fabric of this world, and their concern is for the experience of their craft.
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.
But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.
But they shall confirm the creature (or the nature) of the world, and their prayer is the working of craft;
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