Sirach 16:16-18

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¹⁷Do not say, “I am hidden from the Lord,
    and who from on high has me in mind?
Among so many people I am unknown,
    for what am I in a boundless creation?
¹⁸Lo, heaven and the highest heaven,
    the abyss and the earth, tremble at his visitation!^[a]

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Footnotes

Sirach 16:18 Other ancient authorities add The whole world past and present is in his will.

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