What does Ecclesiasticus Chapter 18 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Ecclesiasticus 18 says the ever-living created all things together, God alone shall be justified and remains invincible king forever. Works, glorious acts, majesty and mercy exceed declaration and discovery; nothing may be removed or added. Finishing becomes beginning, stopping loss. The separate edition explanation describes human discoveries as nothing beside divine infinity. Questions about human grace, good and evil lead to days at most a hundred years compared with a sea-drop and sand-pebble against eternity. This is the chapter's comparison rather than an independently established lifespan limit or precise claim of simultaneous cosmogenesis.

God's patience and mercy respond to wicked presumption and evil end, showing justice's way. Human compassion is toward neighbor, divine mercy upon all flesh, teaching and correcting like shepherd and flock; mercy accompanies receiving discipline and haste in judgments. Give without complaint or hurtful words: good speech resembles heat-assuaging dew, better than gift, both present in a justified person. A fool bitterly upbraids and an ill-taught giver's gift consumes eyes.

Prepare justice before judgment and learn before speech. The speaker says to take medicine before sickness and examine self before judgment to find mercy, humble self before sickness and show conduct during it. This ancient medicine instruction is not an added clinical prevention recommendation. Nothing should hinder continual prayer or fear of justification even to death, since God's reward persists. Prepare soul before prayer without tempting God; remember last-day wrath and repayment when he turns away. Remember poverty while rich; time changes quickly from morning to evening. Wise people fear and avoid sloth, understanding people praise wisdom's finder, and good speakers act wisely, understanding truth and justice and pouring proverbs and judgments. Turn from lusts and one's own will; giving soul all desires delights enemies. Avoid even small riotous assemblies with continual contention and becoming poor by borrowing for feasts with an empty purse, an enmity to one's life. These counsels do not narrate a guaranteed successful practitioner.