OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 18:6

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As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them.

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Verse 6. Begin. God is so great and incomprehensible, that when an has done all that he can to find out his greatness and boundless perfections, he is still to begin: for what he has found out, is but a mere nothing, in comparison of his infinity. Challoner.—It is best to adore him in silence and humility. Calmet.

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