Sirach 46:10–20

¹⁰that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.↗

¹¹Also the judges, every one by his name, all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality, and who didn’t turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed!↗

¹²May their bones flourish again out of their place. May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children.↗

¹³Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people.↗

¹⁴By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob.↗

¹⁵By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet. By his words he was known to be faithful in vision.↗

¹⁶When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb.↗

¹⁷Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound.↗

¹⁸He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines.↗

¹⁹Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him.↗

²⁰Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.↗