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CHAPTER 38.
HONOUR the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High
hath created him.
2 For all healing is from God, and he shall receive
gifts of the king.
3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head,
and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.
4 The most High hath created medicines out of the
earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
5 Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?
6 The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge
of men, and the meet High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured
in his wonders.
7 By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains,
and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up
ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.
8 For the peace of God is over all the face of the
earth.
9 My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray
to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.
10 Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and
cleanse thy heart from all offence.
11 Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour,
and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
12 For the Lord created him: and let him not depart
from thee, for his works are necessary.
13 For there is a time when thou must fall into their
hands:
14 And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would
prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation.
15 He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall
fall into the hands of the physician.
16 My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to
lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment
cover his body, and neglect not his burial.
17 And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly
for a, day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
18 And make mourning for him according to his merit for
a day, or two, for fear of detraction.
19 For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the
strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
20 In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the
substance of the poor is according to his heart.
21 Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from
thee: and remember the latter end.
22 Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou
shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
23 Remember my judgment: for also shall be so:
yesterday for me, and to day for thee.
24 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest,
and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.
25 The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of
leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
26 With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth
the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and
is occupied in their labours, and his whole talk is about the offspring of
bulls?
27 He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his
care is to give the kine fodder.
28 So every craftsman and workmaster that laboureth
night and day, he who maketh graven seals, and by his continual diligence
varieth the figure: he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the picture,
and by his watching shall finish the work.
29 So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and
considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he
fighteth with the heat of the furnace.
30 The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and
his eye is upon the pat tern of the vessel he maketh.
31 He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his
watching to polish them, to perfection.
32 So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the
wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh
all his work by number:
33 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down
his strength before his feet:
34 He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and
his watching to make clean the furnace.
35 All these trust to their hands, and every one is
wise in his own art.
36 Without these a city is not built.
37 And they shall not dwell, nor walk about therein,
and they shall not go up into the assembly.
38 Upon the judges' seat they shall not sit, and the
ordinance of judgment they shall not understand, neither shall they declare
discipline and judgment, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken:
39 But they shall strengthen the state of the world,
and their prayer shall be in the work of their craft, applying their soul, and
searching in the law of the most High.
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