Wisdom for Today: Sirah 18:7-13

[SummaScriptura]

"What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil? The number of a man's days is great if he reaches a hundred years. Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity. Therefore the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy upon them. He sees and recognizes that their end will be evil; therefore he grants them forgiveness in abundance. The compassion of man is for his neighbor, but the compassion of the Lord is for all living beings. He rebukes and trains and teaches them, and turns them back, as a shepherd his flock. He has compassion on those who accept his discipline and who are eager for his judgments." (RSV)


Praise God for His compassion toward us which permits us the time we need to recover from the error of our way.

 

[TimRout]

Did you mean "Sirach"? If so, what's your point?

 

[SummaScriptura]

TimrOut, why so adversarial?

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Did you mean "Sirach"? If so, what's your point?

What the heck is a "Sirach"

 

[SummaScriptura]

What the heck is a "Sirach"

Sirach
Sirah
Sira
Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sirach
Joshua son of Eliezer son of Sirach
etc.

All are variant ways of referring to a book found in the Orthodox Old Testament (and others), but missing from most Bibles in the West. Most commonly referred to as

"The Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach"