Sirach 46:11-20
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11 And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
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12 Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.
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13 Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
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14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
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15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
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16 He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb.
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17 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
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18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes cf the Philistines.
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19 And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
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20 And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.