Sirach 39:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²²‘His blessing covers the dry land like a river,
    and drenches it like a flood.
²³But his wrath drives out the nations,
    as when he turned a watered land into salt.
²⁴To the faithful his ways are straight,
    but full of pitfalls for the wicked.

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