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12 Have mercy, O Lord, upon the people called by thy name,
    upon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a[a] first-born son.
13 Have pity on the city of thy sanctuary,[b]
    Jerusalem, the place of thy rest.
14 Fill Zion with the celebration of thy wondrous deeds,
    and thy temple[c] with thy glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 36:12 Other authorities read hast named thy
  2. Sirach 36:13 Or on thy holy city
  3. Sirach 36:14 Heb Syr: Gk Vg people

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