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Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:26-28
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:26-28
New Catholic Bible
26 Return to the Most High, turn away from iniquity,
[for he will guide you out of darkness and into the light of health,][a]
and hate intensely what he abhors.
27 [b]Who will glorify the Most High in the netherworld
in place of the living who give praise?
28 The dead cannot offer praise anymore than those who have never lived;
only those who are alive and well sing the Lord’s praises.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:26 Added by some early MSS.
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:27 One reason for repentance is that in the netherworld there is no loving contact with God (see Pss 6:5; 30:9; 115:17f; Isa 38:18f; Bar 2:17). By repentance human beings come alive and sing the Lord’s praises.
