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Sirach 33

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 33 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 36

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Septuagint (Brenton, 1851)

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1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
2and send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
2And send your fear upon all the nations that seek not after you.
3Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.
3Lift up your hand against the strange nations, and let them see your power.
4As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.
4As you were sanctified in us before them: so be you magnified among them before us.
5And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.
5And let them know you, as we have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God.
6Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.
6Show new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify your hand and your right arm, that they may set forth your wondrous works.
7Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
7Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
8Make the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.
8Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare your wonderful works.
9Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
9Let him that escapes be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
10Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
10Strike in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together.
11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit you them, as from the beginning. Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning.