Sirach 36:1–12

1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, the God of all, and look upon us, 2 and cause the fear of thee to fall upon all the nations. 3 Lift up thy hand against foreign nations

and let them see thy might.

4 As in us thou hast been sanctified before them,

so in them be thou magnified before us;

5 and let them know thee, as we have known

that there is not God but thee, O Lord.

6 Show signs anew, and work further wonders;

make thy hand and thy right arm glorious.

7 Rouse thy anger and pour out thy wrath;

destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.

8 Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time,

and let people recount thy mighty deeds.

9 Let him who survives be consumed in the fiery wrath,

and may those who harm thy people meet destruction.

10 Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemy,

who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”

11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob,

and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.

12 Have mercy, O Lord, upon the people called by thy name,

upon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a first-born son.