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Sirach 51:2
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2For thou art my defender and helper, and has preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and has been mine helper against mine adversaries:
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1I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name:
— Sirach 51:2 —
3And hast delivered me, according to the multitude of they mercies and greatness of thy name, from the teeth of them that were ready to devour me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the manifold afflictions which I had;
4From the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not;