{50:26} so that Israel may trust the mercy of God to be with us, in order to free us in his days.
{50:27} Two nations my soul hates, and a third, which I hate, is not a nation:
{50:28} those who sit upon mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people who live at Shechem.
{50:29} Jesus, the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem, who renewed wisdom from his heart, wrote the doctrine of wisdom and discipline in this book.
{50:30} Blessed is he who lives by these good things. Whoever places these things in his heart will be ever wise.
{50:31} For if he does these things, he will prevail in all things. For the light of God is upon his footsteps.