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14     for they too pray to the Lord
that he will grant them success in diagnosis[a]
    and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
15 He who sins against his Maker
    will be defiant towards the physician.[b]

On Mourning for the Dead

16 My child, let your tears fall for the dead,
    and as one in great pain begin the lament.
Lay out the body with due ceremony,
    and do not neglect the burial.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 38:14 Heb: Gk rest
  2. Sirach 38:15 Heb: Gk may he fall into the hands of the physician

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