Sirach 2:17-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts,
    and will humble themselves before him.
¹⁸Let us fall^[a] into the hands of the Lord,
    but not into the hands of men;
for as his majesty is,
    so also is his mercy.

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Sirach 2:18 Gk We shall fall

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