Sirach 39:14 (WEB)
Give a sweet fragrance like frankincense. Put forth flowers like a lily. Scatter a sweet smell and sing a song of praise. Bless the Lord for all his works!
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“Which can be seen in this Psalm, if any one with a pious mind, by the Lord’s help, distinguish between the rewards of the righteous and the penalties of the sinners, how that in these two the whole creation, which God made and rules, is adorned with a beauty wondrous and known to few.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 14, 15, 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Hear me,” it is said, “and grow as a rose planted by the streams of waters, and give forth a sweet fragrance like frankincense, and bless the Lord for His works.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 13, 14.
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