Sirach 39:15 (WEB)
Magnify his name and give utterance to his praise with the songs on your lips and with harps! Say this when you utter his praise:
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“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.
Read the whole comment“This is not the confession of sins, but of praise; as He also saith in whom there was no sin, “I will confess unto Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth;” and as it is written in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, “Thus shalt thou say in confession, of all the works of God, that they are very good.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 15, 16.
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