The interpretation timeline
Sirach 51:11 Douay-Rheims

I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world.

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“World. Shewn to Noe[Noah], Joseph, &c. (Calmet) — Nations. Greek, “enemies,” ver. 12.”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.