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Sirach 35:10–14

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Give to God as He hath given to thee,

With goodness of eye, and as thine hand hath attained.

For He is a God of requital,

And sevenfold will He recompense thee.

Bribe not, for He will not receive;

And put not thy trust upon a sacrifice of extortion,

For He is a God of justice,

And with Him is no partiality.

He will not show partiality against the poor man,

And the supplications of the distressed He heareth.

He doth not ignore the cry of the fatherless,

Nor the widow, when she poureth out (her( plaint.

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