Sirach 24:7-9

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⁷Among all these I sought a resting place;
I sought in whose territory I might lodge.

⁸“Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment,
    and the one who created me assigned a place for my tent.
And he said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob,
    and in Israel receive your inheritance.’
⁹From eternity, in the beginning, he created me,
    and for eternity I shall not cease to exist.

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