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| | *Esther 13:9-12 (Prayer of Mordecai [portion]) | | *Esther 13:9-12 (Prayer of Mordecai [portion]) |
| | *2 Maccabees 8:18 ("'They may put their trust in their weapons and their exploits,' he said 'but our confidence is in almighty God, who is able with a nod to overthrow both those marching on us and the whole world with them.'") | | *2 Maccabees 8:18 ("'They may put their trust in their weapons and their exploits,' he said 'but our confidence is in almighty God, who is able with a nod to overthrow both those marching on us and the whole world with them.'") |
| − | *The Book of Wisdom
| + | *Wisdom 11:17-26 (God's forbearance with Egypt and the forbearance explained) |
| − | **Wisdom 11:17-26 (God's forbearance with Egypt and the forbearance explained)
| + | *Wisdom 12:12-18 (God's forbearance with Canaan explained) |
| − | **Wisdom 12:12-18 (God's forbearance with Canaan explained)
| + | *Wisdom 16:20-29 (God's dietary and spiritual providence) |
| − | **Wisdom 16:20-29 (God's dietary and spiritual providence)
| + | *Ecclesiasticus 15:18-19 |
| − | *Ecclesiasticus | + | ::For vast is the wisdom of the Lord;/he is almighty and all-seeing. |
| − | ::15:18-19
| + | ::His eyes are on those who fear them,/he notes every action of man. |
| − | :::For vast is the wisdom of the Lord;/he is almighty and all-seeing.
| + | *Ecclesiasticus 16:17-20<ref>Transl. R.H. Charles, 1913.</ref> |
| − | :::His eyes are on those who fear them,/he notes every action of man.
| + | ::Say not: 'I am hidden from God,/And in the height who will remember me? |
| − | ::16:17-20<ref>Transl. R.H. Charles, 1913.</ref>
| + | :::I shall not be noticed among so illustrious a people, |
| − | :::Say not: 'I am hidden from God,/And in the height who will remember me?
| + | :::And what is my soul among the mass of the spirits of all the children of men?' |
| − | ::::I shall not be noticed among so illustrious a people,
| + | ::Behold the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, |
| − | ::::And what is my soul among the mass of the spirits of all the children of men?'
| + | :::And the deep, and the earth;/When He treadeth upon them they stand firm, |
| − | :::Behold the heavens and the heavens of the heavens,
| + | :::And when he visiteth them they tremble. |
| − | ::::And the deep, and the earth;/When He treadeth upon them they stand firm,
| + | ::Yea, the bottoms of the mountains, and the foundations of the world, |
| − | ::::And when he visiteth them they tremble.
| + | :::When He looketh upon them they tremble greatly. |
| − | :::Yea, the bottoms of the mountains, and the foundations of the world,
| + | ::'In truth, unto me He will not have respect: And as for my ways, who will mark them? |
| − | ::::When He looketh upon them they tremble greatly.
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| − | :::'In truth, unto me He will not have respect: And as for my ways, who will mark them?
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| | ::17:15, 17, 19-20 (The divine judge) | | ::17:15, 17, 19-20 (The divine judge) |