Catholic Public Domain Version

Wisdom 5:1-7 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. Then the just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed them and have taken away their labors.

2. Seeing this, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and they will be amazed at the suddenness of unexpected salvation.

3. Driven toward regret, and through the anguish of their groaning spirit, they will say within themselves: "These are the ones whom we held for some time in derision and in mocking reproach.

4. We foolish considered their life to be madness, and their end to be without honor.

5. How is it that they are counted among the sons of God, and their place is among the holy?

6. Therefore, we have strayed from the way of truth, and the light of justice has not shined on us, and the sun of understanding has not risen on us.

7. We exhausted ourselves in the way of iniquity and perdition, and have walked a difficult way, while ignoring the way of the Lord.