Holy Scripture
Sirach 36:20
A church father on this verse
“The perverse heart of heretics contemplates injustice all day long, and their tongue prepares to deceive. The expert in right doctrine resists them with the shield of the true faith and with "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, And raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
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In context
18O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, The place of thy rest.
19Fill Zion with thine unspeakable oracles, And thy people with thy glory.
— Sirach 36:20 —
21Reward them that wait for thee, And let thy prophets be found faithful.
22O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, That all they which dwell upon the earth may know That thou art the Lord, the eternal God.