Flowers of Learning
SPIRIT: ECCLESIASTICUS 51 Ecclesiasticus 51:1 A Prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name: Ecclesiasticus 51:2 For 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: Ecclesiasticus 51:3 And 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; Ecclesiasticus 51:4 From the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not; Ecclesiasticus 51:5 From the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words. Ecclesiasticus 51:6 By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even u...