Sirach 51:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

From the choking of a fire on every side, And out of the midst of fire which I kindled not;

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from choking fire all around me, from the midst of a fire that I didn’t start,

And you have freed me according to the multitude of the mercy of your name: from those who roared and prepared to devour,

And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.

from suffocation in oppressive smoke rising from fires that I did not light;

from the choking of a fire on every side, and out of the midst of fire that I hadn’t kindled,

I was surrounded by fires they had set, and I could not breathe for the smoke. *