6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him. (WEB) 7 All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall. (WEB) 8 All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail. (WEB) 9 All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy. (WEB) 10 Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him? (WEB) 11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. (WEB) 12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways! (WEB) 13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB)
Sirach 2:6–13
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