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. 2I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me. 3And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper. 4And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour. 5Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about: 6From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt. 7From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue: 8My soul shall praise the Lord even to death. 9And my life was drawing near to hell beneath. 10They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none. 11I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world. 12How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.