OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 24:31

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I said, “I will water my garden, and will drench my garden bed.” Behold, my stream became a river, and my river became a sea.

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Verse 31. They. Greek “all these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, the law which Moses gave unto us, an inheritance to the synagogues of Jacob.” Grabe puts in a different character from the Compl. “Lose not strength in the Lord, but stick to him, that he may strengthen you. The Lord Almighty is the only God, and there is no other Saviour.” Then follows, (verse 35.) “who,” and so forth Bible.—Everlasting. Provided his life correspond with his doctrine. No occupation can be more glorious. Calmet.—Let thy Scriptures be my chaste delights: let me not be deceived in them, nor deceive others by them. Saint Augustine Conf. xi. 2. Calmet. Daniel 12. Menochius.

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