Ben Sira 39:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 His blessing overflows like the Nile;
like the Euphrates it enriches the surface of the earth.
23 Even so, his wrath dispossesses the nations
and turns fertile land into a salt marsh.(A)
24 For the virtuous his paths are level,
to the haughty they are clogged with stones.
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