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20     looking with the eyes and groaning
    like a eunuch who embraces
    a young woman and groans.[a]

21 Don’t let grief take you over,
    and don’t distress yourself on purpose.
22 A joyful heart means life
for a human being,
    and a person’s rejoicing
    provides long life.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 30:20 LXXb adds 30:20c So is the one who makes judgments under pressure.

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