OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 38:19

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19

In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.

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Verse 19. And the, and so forth is not in Greek. Excessive sorrow brings on sickness, and renders us unfit for any thing.

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