Ecclesiasticus 24:11-18 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

11. And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.

12. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.

15. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.

16. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.

18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:

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