Sirach 35
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| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | He that kepith the word, multiplieth preier. |
| 2 | Heelful sacrifice is to take heede to the comaundementis, and to departe fro al wickidnesse. |
| 3 | And to offre the plesyng of sacrifice for vnriytfulnesses, and bisechyng for synnes, is to go awey fro vnriytfulnesse. |
| 4 | He that offrith purest flour of wheete, schal yelde grace; and he that doith merci, offrith a sacrifice. |
| 5 | It is wel plesaunt to the Lord, to go awei fro wickidnesse; and preier is to go awei fro vnriytfulnesse. |
| 6 | Thou schalt not appere voide bifore the siyt of God; |
| 7 | for whi alle these thingis ben doon for the heestis of God. |
| 8 | The offryng of a iust man makith fat the auter, and is odour of swetnesse in the siyt of the hiyeste. |
| 9 | The sacrifice of a iust man is acceptable, and the Lord schal not foryete the mynde of hym. |
| 10 | With good wille yelde thou glorie to God, and make thou not lesse the firste fruytis of thin hondis. |
| 11 | In ech yifte make glad thi cheer, and in ful out ioiyng halewe thi tithis. |
| 12 | Yyue thou to the hiyeste aftir his yifte; and with good iye make thou the fyndyng of thin hondis. |
| 13 | For whi the Lord is a yeldere, and he schal yelde seuene fold so myche to thee. |
| 14 | Nyle thou offre schrewid yiftis; for he schal not resseyue tho. |
| 15 | And nyle thou biholde an vniust sacrifice; for the Lord is iuge, and glorie of persoone is not at hym. |
| 16 | The Lord schal not take a persoone ayens a pore man; and he schal here the preier of hym that is hirt. |
| 17 | He schal not dispise the preyeris of a fadirles child, nether a widewe, if sche schedith out speche of weilyng. |
| 18 | Whether the teeris of a widew goen not doun to the cheke, and the criyng of hir on hym that ledith forth tho teeris? |
| 19 | For whi tho stien fro the cheke `til to heuene, and the Lord herere schal not delite in tho. |
| 20 | He that worschipith God in delityng, schal be resseyued; and his preyer schal neiye `til to the clowdis. |
| 21 | The preier of hym that mekith hym silf schal perse clowdis, and til it neiyeth, he schal not be coumfortid, and he schal not go awey, til the hiyeste biholde. |
| 22 | And the Lord schal not be fer, but he schal iuge iust men, and schal make doom; and the strongeste schal not haue pacience in tho, that he troble the bak of hem. |
| 23 | And he schal yelde veniaunce to folkis, til he take awei the fulnesse of proude men, and troble togidere the ceptris of wickid men; |
| 24 | til he yelde to men aftir her dedis, and aftir the werkis of Adam, and aftir the presumpcioun of hym; |
| 25 | til he deme the dome of his puple, and schal delite iust men in his merci. |
| 26 | The merci of God is fair in the tyme of tribulacioun, as clowdis of reyn in the tyme of drynesse. |