“May your soul rejoice
In God’s mercy!
May you never be ashamed
To praise him!
Do your work in good time!
In God’s own time,
He will give you your reward.
The wisdom of Jesus,
Son of Sira.
May the name of the Lord
Be blessed now and forever!”
We now have the final blessing from Sirach. In fact, he kind of signs off on this when he says that this is the wisdom of Jesus, son of Sira, Ben Sira, or Sirach. He wanted our souls to rejoice in God’s mercy. We should never be ashamed to praise God. However, we were to continue our work. God would then reward us in his time schedule. Therefore the name of the Lord should be blessed forever.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 