Sirach 33:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ Good is the opposite of evil, life is the opposite of death, and sin is the opposite of devotion to the Lord. ¹⁵ Think about it: the Most High has made everything in pairs, each thing the opposite of something else.

¹⁶ As for me, I have been the last to come on duty, as if going through vineyards to gather whatever the grape-pickers had left behind. But the Lord blessed me, and I did well,^[a] like a grape-picker who has filled the wine press.