Ecclesiasticus 51:1
A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise thee, O God my Saviour.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Oratio Jesu filii Sirach. Confitebor tibi, Domine rex, et collaudabo te Deum salvatorem meum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Προσευχὴ Ἰησοῦ υἱοῦ Σειράχ. Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε βασιλεῦ, καὶ αἰνέσω σε θεὸν τὸν σωτῆρά μου, ἐξομολογοῦμαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου·
Haydock's commentary
Sirach. This prayer may be in imitation of the book of Wisdom. (Haydock)
Grotius assigns it to the grandson, without reason; as the author continues to speak of his travels, &c. He seems to have lived under Onias III and under Seleucus and Antiochus Epiphanes, of Syria, to whom he was probably accused, and hence took occasion to retire into Egypt, where Ptolemy Epiphanes was king. (Calmet)
Others think (Haydock) that he was accused before Ptolemy Lagus, when he took Jerusalem. (Menochius)
We know too little of his life to decide any thing. (Calmet) See chap. l. 1. (Haydock)
Saviour. When we are not able to make a return, we must shew greater marks of gratitude, and particularly to God, for the favours which we have not deserved. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.