Sirach 16:21-30 Common English Bible (CEB)

21. Most of his deeds are hiddenlike a hurricane that no one can see.

22. Who will announce just actions?Or who will endure,since God’s covenant is far off?"

23. Those who lack sense think this way;a foolish and misguided personthinks foolish things.

24. Listen to me, my child: gain knowledgeand apply your mind to my words.

25. I will disclose instruction accurately,and with precisionI will declare knowledge.

26. The Lord’s works in creationexisted from the beginning,and he defined their exact stationswhen he made them.

27. He set their works in order forever,and arranged their spheres of authorityfor as long as they last.They have never gotten hungryor grown weary,and they have neverabandoned their tasks.

28. None of them crowd out their neighbor,and none will ever disobey his word.

29. Afterward, the Lord looked at the earthand filled it with his good things.

30. He covered its surfacewith every living being,and they return into it.

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