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Like the morning star among the clouds,
    like the full moon at the festal season;[a]
like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High,
    like the rainbow gleaming in splendid clouds;
like roses in the days of first fruits,
    like lilies by a spring of water,
    like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 50:6 Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain

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