Sirach 24:12–16

12 And I took rootq among an honouredr people,

In the portion of the Lord (and) of His inheritances.

13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus,

And like an olive-treet on the mountains of Zionu.

14 I was exalted like a palm-tree on the sea-shorev,

And as rose-plants in Jericho;

And as a fairw olive-tree in the plainx;

Yea, I was exalted as a plane-tree yby the watersy.

15 As cinnamon and aspalathus zhave I given a scent ofz perfumes,

And as choice myrrh I spread abroad a pleasant odour;

Asa galbanum, and onyx, and stacte;

b(I was) as the smoke of incense in the Tabernacleb.

16 I as a terebinthbb cstretched forth my branchesc,

And my branches were branches of gloryd and grace.

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