Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 24:3-10 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

3. “I am the word spoken by the Most High.I covered the earth like a mist.

4. I made my home in highest heaven,my throne on a pillar of cloud.

5. Alone I walked round the circle of the skyand walked through the ocean beneath the earth.

6. I ruled over all the earth and the ocean waves,over every nation, over every people.

7. I looked everywhere for a place to settle,some part of the world to make my home.

8. Then my Creator, who created the universe,told me where I was to live.‘Make your home in Israel,’ he said.‘The descendants of Jacob will be your people.’

9. He created me in eternity, before time began,and I will exist for all eternity to come.

10. I served him in the sacred Tentand then made my home on Mount Zion.

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