Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 51:2-6 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

2. for you have helped me and protected me.You have rescued me from death,from dangerous lies and slander.

3. You helped me when no one else would;in your great mercy you saved mefrom the many troubles I have known:from the glaring hatred of my enemies,who wanted to put an end to my life;

4. from suffocation in oppressive smokerising from fires I did not light;

5. from death itself;from vicious slander reported to the king.

6. I was once brought face to face with death;

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 51